New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

December 13, 1995.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing

for the use of a new export visa stamp.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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).

Beginning on January 1, 1996, the Government of the Republic of

Singapore will begin issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of

textile products, produced or manufactured in Singapore and exported

from Singapore on and after January 1, 1996. There will be a one-month

grace period from December 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995, during

which goods exported from Singapore may be accompanied by either the

old or the new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Singapore on or

after January 1, 1996 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.

A facsimile of the new visa stamp is on file at the U.S. Department

of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington, DC.

See 47 FR 6683, published on February 16, 1982; 47 FR 53446,

published on November 26, 1982; and

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51 FR 43454, published on December 12, 1986.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 13, 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 February 10, 1982, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive establishes export visa requirements for certain

cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Singapore.

Effective on January 1, 1996, you are directed to amend further

the directive dated February 10, 1982 to provide for the use of a

new export visa stamp issued by the Government of the Republic of

Singapore to accompany shipments of textile products, produced or

manufactured in Singapore and exported from Singapore on and after

January 1, 1996.

Goods exported from Singapore during the period December 1, 1995

through December 31, 1995 may be accompanied by either the old or

the new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Singapore on or after

January 1, 1996 must be accompanied be the new export visa stamp.

A facsimile of the visa stamp is enclosed with this letter.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this

directive which are not accompanied by the appropriate export visa

stamp 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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-30713 Filed 12-13-95; 4:24 pm]

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