Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification

Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in

Various Countries

December 20, 1996.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending

coverage for import limits and visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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).

To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and

textile agreements and export visa arrangements based upon the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), for goods entered into the United

States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on

and after January 1, 1997 for part-Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and

648-T, regardless of the date of export, certain HTS classification

numbers are being changed on all import controls and on all visa and

certification arrangements for countries with these part-categories.

These changes will be published in the 1997 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

The changes in the HTS numbers will be reflected in the 1997

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 20, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

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

all monitoring and import control directives issued to you by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements,

which include cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-

Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, produced or manufactured

in various countries and imported into the United States on and

after January 1, 1997.

Also, this directive amends, but does not cancel, all directives

establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories

348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T for which visa arrangements are in

place with the Government of the United States.

Effective on January 1, 1997, you are directed to make the

changes shown below in the aforementioned directives for goods

entered in the United States for consumption or withdrawn from

warehouse for consumption on and after January 1, 1997 for part-

Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, regardless of the date of

export:

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Category Obsolete number New number

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348-K................. 6104.62.2010 6104.62.2006 and

6104.62.2011.

.................... 6104.62.2025 6104.62.2026 and

6104.62.2028.

348-T................. 6104.62.2010 6104.62.2006 and

6104.62.2011.

.................... 6104.62.2025 6104.62.2026 and

6104.62.2028.

648-K................. 6104.63.2010 6104.63.2006 and

6104.63.2011.

.................... 6104.63.2025 6104.63.2026 and

6104.63.2028.

648-T................. 6104.63.2010 6104.63.2006 and

6104.63.2011.

.................... 6104.63.2025 6104.63.2026 and

6104.63.2028.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall 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.96-32979 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]

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