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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** December 27, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 68249

## Text

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States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on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]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F

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