Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man- Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-

Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines

March 18, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 existing export visa arrangement between the Governments of the

United States and the Philippines is being amended to eliminate part-

category designations 340-Y, 340-O, 640-Y, 640-O, 340-Y/640-Y and 340-

O/640-O for goods produced or manufactured in the Philippines and

exported from the Philippines on and after March 23, 1994. However, for

the period through April 22, 1994, merchandise in Categories 340 and

640 may be visaed as merged Categories 340-Y/640-Y or 340-O/640-O, or

the correct part category corresponding to the actual shipment. Goods

exported on and after March 23, 1994 must be visaed as Category 340 or

640 or merged Categories 340/640.

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

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

March 18, 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, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive directed 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.

Effective on March 23, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the April 3, 1987 directive to eliminate part-category designations

340-Y\1\, 340-O\2\, 640-Y\3\, 640-O\4\, 340-Y/640-Y and 340-O/640-O

for goods produced or manufactured in the Philippines and exported

from the Philippines on and after March 23, 1994.

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\1\Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060;

\2\Category 340-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.20.2015,

6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.

\3\Category 640-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

\4\Category 640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

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For the period March 23, 1994 through April 22, 1994,

merchandise in Categories 340 and 640 may be visaed as merged

Categories 340-Y/640-Y or 340-O/640-O, or the correct part category

corresponding to the actual shipment.

Merchandise in Categories 340 and 640 which is exported on and

after March 23, 1994 must be visaed as merged Categories 340/640, or

the correct whole category 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 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. 94-6971 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]

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