Amendment of Export Visa and Quota Requirements for Certain Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries and Re- Imported Under Certain HTS Numbers

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa and Quota Requirements for Certain

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries and Re-

Imported Under Certain HTS Numbers

March 22, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

visa and quota requirements for goods re-imported under HTS number

9801.00.2000 or 9801.00.2500.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Goldberg, International Trade

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

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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 25, 1994 textile and apparel products which are

produced or manufactured in various countries and entered into the

United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for

consumption under existing visa and quota requirements are no longer

subject to visa or quota requirements upon re-entry into the United

States under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number 9801.00.2000 or

9801.00.2500. These tariff provisions provide for duty free entry to

products which have been previously imported into the United States.

Upon the initial importation the textile or apparel products would have

been subject to all applicable quota and visa requirements. Since these

HTS numbers mandate that the same articles be re-imported, CITA has

decided to exempt them from being subject to the same quota and visa

requirements a second time.

Ronald I. Levin,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 22, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

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

all import control directives issued to you by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. This

directive also amends, but does not cancel, all visa requirements

for all countries for which visa arrangements are in place with the

United States.

Effective on March 25, 1994 textile and apparel products which

are produced or manufactured in various countries and entered into

the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for

consumption upon re-entry into the United States under Harmonized

Tariff Schedule (HTS) number 9801.00.2000 or 9801.00.2500 are no

longer subject to visa or quota requirements.

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,

Ronald I. Levin,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-7186 Filed 3-25-94; 8:45 am]

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