New Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

December 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: January 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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).

The Government of the Philippines has notified the United States

Government that it will reduce the size of its current export visa

stamp. Effective on January 1, 1995, the Government of the Philippines

will begin issuing the new visa stamp to accompany shipments of textile

and apparel products, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and

exported from the Philippines on and after January 1, 1995. Goods

exported from the Philippines during the period January 1, 1995 through

January 31, 1995 shall be permitted entry if accompanied by either the

old visa stamp or the new visa stamp. Goods exported from the

Philippines on and after February 1, 1995 will be denied entry if not

accompanied by the new visa stamp.

A facsimile of the new visa stamp for the Government of the

Philippines 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 52 FR 11308, published on April 8, 1987.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 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 April 3, 1987, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, wool

and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and

other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines for which the Government of the Philippines has not

issued an appropriate visa.

The Government of the Philippines has notified the United States

Government that it will reduce the size of its current export visa

stamp. Effective on January 1, 1995, you are directed to amend the

April 3, 1987 directive to provide for the use of the new visa stamp

to accompany shipments of textile and apparel products, produced or

manufactured in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on

and after January 1, 1995. Goods produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported from the Philippines during the period

January 1, 1995 through January 31, 1995 shall be permitted entry if

accompanied by either the old or new visa stamp. Merchandise

exported from the Philippines on and after February 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.

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. 94-32178 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]

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