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

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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 Sri Lanka

March 17, 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: March 17, 1995

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is

being amended to no longer require an export visa for cotton and man-

made fiber textile products in part-Categories 340-O/640-O, produced or

manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and after

March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14, 1995 through

April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visaed as 340-O/640-O.

Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 17, 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 September 1, 1988, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile

products, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka for which the

Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has not

issued an appropriate visa.

Effective on March 17, 1995 you are directed to no longer

require a part-category visa for 340-O/640-O\1\ for goods produced

or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and

after March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14,

1995 through April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visased as

340-O/640-O.

\1\Category 340-O/640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.20.2015,

6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050, 6205.20.2060 (340-Y);

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060 (640-Y).

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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,

Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-7032 Filed 3-21-95; 8:45 am]

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