Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Macau

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Macau

February 28, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

visa requirements to include certain part and merged categories.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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).

Effective on March 15, 1994, the existing export visa arrangement

between the Governments of the United States and Macau is being amended

to include the coverage of certain merged and part-categories, produced

or manufactured in Macau and exported from Macau on and after March 15,

1994.

A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories

with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal

Register notice 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

46 FR 45979, published on September 16, 1981; and 52 FR 26719,

published on July 16, 1987.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 28, 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 September 16, 1981, as amended, by

the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain

cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber

textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Macau for

which the Government of Macau has not issued an appropriate visa.

Effective on March 15, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the September 16, 1981 directive to include coverage of the

following part and merged categories for goods exported on and after

March 15, 1994:

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Part-categories

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359-C--Coveralls and overalls--only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025,

6103.49.3034, 6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052,

6203.42.2010, 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025

and 6211.42.0010;

359-V--Vests--only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,

6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,

6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070.

359-O--Other--all HTS numbers except those in Categories 359-C and 359-

V.

659-C--Coveralls and overalls--only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,

6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and

6211.43.0010.

659-S--Swimwear--only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

659-O--Other--all HTS numbers except those in 659-C and 659-S.

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Merged categories

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331/831

333/334/335/833/834/835

333/335/833/835

336/836

347/348/847

350/850

351/851

359-C/659-C

445/446

625/626/627/628/629

633/634/635

638/639/838

641/840

642/842

645/646

647/648

652/852

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Effective on March 15, 1994, you are directed to require an

export visa for cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-

Categories 359-C, 359-V, 359-O, 659-C, 659-S and 659-O, produced or

manufactured in Macau and exported from Macau on and after March 15,

1994.

Merchandise in the aforementioned merged categories may be

accompanied by either the appropriate merged category visa, merged

part-category visa, correct part-category visa or correct category

visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

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 these actions fall 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. 94-5031 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]

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