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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

May 17, 1996.

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: June 1, 1996.

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).

Effective on June 1, 1996, for goods produced or manufactured in

Pakistan and exported from Pakistan on and after June 1, 1996, part-

category visas will be required for Categories 666-P, 666-S and 666-O.

During the period June 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996, textile products

in Category 666 may be visaed as Category 666 or the correct part

category. Goods in Category 666 exported on and after July 1, 1996

shall be denied entry if not visaed as 666-P, 666-S or 666-O.

See 48 FR 25257, published on June 6, 1983; and 52 FR 21611,

published on June 8, 1987.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 17, 1996.

Commissioner of Customers

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on May 27, 1983, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, man-

made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and

textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan which were

not properly visaed by the Government of Pakistan.

Effective on June 1, 1996, goods produced or manufactured in

Pakistan and exported from Pakistan on and after June 1, 1996, in

Category 666 shall required a 666-P,\1\ 666-S \2\ and 666-O \3\

visa. During the period June 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996, you are

directed to accept shipments visaed as 666, 666-P, 666-S and 666-O.

Goods in Category 666 exported on and after July 1, 1996 shall be

denied entry if not visaed as part-Categories 666-P, 666-S or 666-O.

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\1\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,

6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020.

\2\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,

6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040.

\3\ Category 666-O: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,

6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020 (Category 666-P); 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,

6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040 (Category 666-S).

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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).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96-13045 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]

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