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

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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 Bangladesh

January 24, 1995.

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: February 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh is being amended

to include the coverage of merged Categories 352/652 for goods produced

or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported from Bangladesh on and after

February 1, 1995.

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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see

53 FR 46484, published November 17, 1988.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 24, 1995.

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 November 14, 1988, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton and man-

made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh

for which the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has

not issued an appropriate visa.

Effective on February 1, 1995, you are directed to amend further

the November 14, 1988 directive to include the coverage of merged

Categories 352/652 for goods produced or manufactured in Bangladesh

and exported from Bangladesh on and after February 1, 1995.

Merchandise in Categories 352/652 may be accompanied by either the

appropriate merged categories or the correct category corresponding

to the actual shipment.

Merchandise in Categories 352 and 652 which is exported from

Bangladesh prior to February 1, 1995 shall not be denied entry if

accompanied by a merged category 352/652 visa.

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. 95-2101 Filed 1-26-95; 8:45 am]

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