Re-instatement of Export Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Haiti

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Re-instatement of Export Visa and Certification Requirements for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Haiti

September 17, 1998.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs re-instating

export visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1998.

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: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

A notice published in the Federal Register on November 26, 1997 (62

FR 63076) announces a temporary suspension of export visa and

certification requirements for all textile products, produced or

manufactured in Haiti and exported to the United States. Effective on

October 1, 1998, the suspension is rescinded.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to re-instate visa and certification

requirements for cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Haiti and

exported from Haiti on or after October 1, 1998. Textile products

exported from Haiti during the period October 1, 1998 through October

31, 1998 shall not be denied entry for lack of a visa or certification.

Goods exported from Haiti on or after November 1, 1998 shall be denied

entry if not accompanied by an appropriate export visa or

certification.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 17, 1998.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This letter cancels and supersedes the

directive issued to you on November 21, 1997 by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements which

directed you, until further notice, to waive export visa and

certification requirements for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Haiti and exported from Haiti to the United States.

Effective on October 1, 1998, you are directed to require a visa

or certification for all shipments of textile products, produced or

manufactured in Haiti and exported from Haiti on or after October 1,

1998. Textile products exported from Haiti during the period October

1, 1998 through October 31, 1998 shall not be denied entry for lack

of a visa or certification. Goods exported from Haiti on or after

November 1, 1998 shall be denied entry if not accompanied by an

appropriate export visa or certification.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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. 98-25389 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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