New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hungary

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Hungary

January 26, 1998.

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

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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: February 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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.

Beginning on February 1, 1998, the Government of the Republic of

Hungary will start issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of

textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported from

Hungary on or after February 1, 1998. There will be a one-month grace

period from February 1, 1998 through February 28, 1998, during which

products exported from Hungary may be accompanied by either the old or

new export visa stamp. Products exported from Hungary on or after March

1, 1998 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, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington,

DC.

See 49 FR 8659, published on March 8, 1984.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 26, 1998.

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 March 5, 1984, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain textile

products, produced or manufactured in Hungary for which the

Government of the Republic of Hungary has not issued an appropriate

export visa.

Beginning on February 1, 1998, you are directed to amend further

the directive dated March 5, 1984 to provide for the use of a new

export visa stamp issued by the Government of the Republic of

Hungary to accompany shipments of textile products, produced or

manufactured in Hungary and exported from Hungary on or after

February 1, 1998.

Textile products exported from Hungary during the period

February 1, 1998 through February 28, 1998 may be accompanied by

either the old or new export visa stamp. Products exported from

Hungary on or after March 1, 1998 must be accompanied by the new

export visa stamp.

A facsimile of the new 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

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. 98-3113 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]

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