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

March 25, 1998.

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: April 1, 1998.

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: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

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

amended.

To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, and textile agreements and export visa

arrangements based upon the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), certain

HTS classification numbers are being changed for products in part-

Categories 369-L and 670-L which are entered into the United States for

consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after

April 1, 1998, regardless of the date of export.

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

Commissioner of Customs to amend all import controls and all visa and

certification arrangements for countries with part-Categories 369-L and

670-L.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 25, 1998.

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 369-L and 670-L, produced or manufactured in various

countries and imported into the United States on and after April 1,

1998, regardless of the date of export.

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

establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories

369-L and 670-L for which visa arrangements are in place with the

Government of the United States.

Effective on April 1, 1998, you are directed to make the changes

shown below in the aforementioned directives for products entered in

the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for

consumption on and after April 1, 1998 for part-Categories 369-L and

670-L, regardless of the date of export:

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Category HTS change

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369-L............................. Add 6307.90.9905--Cooler bags with

an outer surface of textile

materials, of cotton.

................................ Replace 4202.92.3015 with

4202.92.3016--definition remains

unchanged.

670-L............................. Add 6307.90.9907--Cooler bags with

an outer surface of textile

materials, of man-made fibers.

................................ Replace 4209.92.3030 with

4209.92.3031--definition remains

unchanged.

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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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.98-8373 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]

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