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

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 Hungary

April 12, 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: April 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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 Republic of Hungary is being amended to include

the coverage of Categories 351, 651 and merged Categories 351/651 for

goods produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported from Hungary on

and after April 15, 1995. Goods in Categories 351, 651 and 351/651

which are exported from Hungary during the period April 15, 1995

through April 30, 1995 shall not be denied entry for lack of a visa.

Goods exported on and after May 1, 1995 must be accompanied by a 351/

651 visa or a visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

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

49 FR 8659, published March 8, 1984.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 12, 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 March 5, 1984, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary

for which the Government of the Republic of Hungary has not issued

an appropriate visa.

Effective on April 15, 1995, you are directed to amend further

the March 5, 1984 directive to require a visa for goods in

Categories 351 and 651, produced or manufactured in Hungary and

exported from Hungary on and after April 15, 1995. Merchandise in

Categories 351 and 651 may be visaed as merged Categories 351/651 or

the correct category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.

Merchandise in Categories 351 and 651 which is exported during

the period April 15, 1995 through April 30, 1995 shall not be denied

entry for lack of a visa. Merchandise in Categories 351 and 651

which is exported prior to April 15, 1995 shall not be denied entry

if accompanied by a 351/651 visa.

Goods in Categories 351 and 651 which are exported on and after

May 1, 1995 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged

category visa or the correct category visa corresponding to the

actual shipment.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-9467 Filed 4-17-95; 8:45 am]

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