Amendment of Export Visa and Quota Requirements for Certain Needle-Craft Display Models

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa and Quota Requirements for Certain

Needle-Craft Display Models

August 3, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

visa and quota requirements for needle-craft display models.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin J. Walsh, 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 August 11, 1995, needle-craft display models under

United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule number 9817.57.01 are no

longer subject to visa or quota requirements.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 3, 1995.

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 August 11, 1995, needle-craft display models which

are produced or manufactured in various countries and entered into

the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for

consumption into the United States under Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(HTS) number 9817.57.01 are no longer subject to visa and quota

requirements.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 95-19641 Filed 8-08-95; 8:45 am]

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