New Visa Stamp for Certain Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Visa Stamp for Certain Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

October 27, 1994.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs authorizing

the use of a new visa stamp.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854).

Beginning on November 1, 1994, the Government of the Republic of

Hungary will begin issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of

textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported from

Hungary on or after November 1, 1994. There will be a two-month grace

period, from November 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, during which

goods exported from Hungary may be accompanied by either the old or new

export visa stamp. Goods exported from Hungary on or after January 1,

1995 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.

A facsimile of the new visa stamp is on file at the U.S. Department

of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington, DC.

See 49 FR 8659, published on March 8, 1984.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 27, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on March 5, 1984, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary

for which the Government of the Republic of Hungary has not issued

an appropriate visa.

Effective on November 1, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the directive dated March 5, 1984, to provide for the use of a new

visa stamp to accompany shipments of textile products, produced or

manufactured in Hungary and exported from Hungary on or after

November 1, 1994. Goods produced or manufactured in Hungary and

exported from Hungary during the period November 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 shall be permitted entry if accompanied by either

the old or new visa stamp. Merchandise exported from Hungary on or

after January 1, 1995 which is not accompanied by the new visa stamp

shall be denied entry. A facsimile of the new visa stamp is enclosed

with this letter.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this

directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa

shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-27060 Filed 10-31-94; 8:45 am]

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