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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Peru

July 9, 1997.

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: July 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Effective on July 15, 1997, for goods produced or manufactured in

Peru, a part-category visa will no longer be required for textile

products in part-Categories 338-S, 339-S, 607-K and 607-O, regardless

of the date of export. Appropriate whole category visas will still be

required.

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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see

51 FR 4409, published on February 4, 1986.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 9, 1997.

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 January 30, 1986, as

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amended, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements. That directive directs you to prohibit entry of

certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced

or manufactured in Peru which were not properly visaed by the

Government of Peru.

Effective on July 15, 1997, you are directed to no longer

require a part-category visa for shipments of goods in part-

Categories 338-S \1\, 339-S \2\, 607-K \3\ and 607-O \4\ which are

produced or manufactured in Peru, regardless of the date of export.

Appropriate whole category visas will still be required.

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\1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,

6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025,

6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and

6114.20.0005.

\2\ Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049,

6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010,

6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075,

6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and 6117.90.9020.

\3\ Category 607-K: all HTS numbers except 5509.52.0000,

5509.61.0000, 5509.91.0000 and 5510.20.0000.

\4\ Category 607-O: only HTS numbers 5509.52.0000, 5509.61.0000,

5509.91.0000 and 5510.20.0000.

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 97-18510 Filed 7-14-97; 8:45 am]

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