New Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Mauritius

November 12, 1996.

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: December 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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 December 1, 1996, the Government of Mauritius will

start issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of textile

products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius and exported from

Mauritius on or after December 1, 1996. There will be a one-month grace

period, from December 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996, during which

goods exported from Mauritius may be accompanied by either the old or

new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Mauritius on or after

January 1, 1997 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 60 FR 62076, published on December 4, 1995.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 12, 1996.

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 28, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive establishes export visa requirements for certain cotton,

wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles

and textile products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius.

Effective on December 1, 1996, you are directed to amend the

November 28, 1995 directive to provide for the use of a new export

visa stamp issued by the Government of Mauritius to accompany

shipments of textile products, produced or manufactured in Mauritius

and exported from Mauritius on or after December 1, 1996.

Goods exported from Mauritius during the period December 1, 1996

through December 31, 1996 may be accompanied by either the old or

new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Mauritius on or after

January 1, 1997 must be accompanied by 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 an 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. 96-29348 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]

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