New Export Visa Form for Certain Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

New Export Visa Form for Certain Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Sri Lanka

June 23, 1999.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing

for the use of a new export visa form.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1999.

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.

Effective on July 1, 1999, goods produced or manufactured in Sri

Lanka and exported to the United States must be accompanied by Sri

Lanka's Textile Quota Board export visa form printed on a white form

with the term ``non-negotiable'' printed on it. This replaces the light

green security paper form currently in use. The visa stamp remains

unchanged. There will be a grace period from July 1, 1999 through July

31, 1999, during which products exported from Sri Lanka may be

accompanied by either the old or new export visa form. Products

exported from Sri Lanka on or after August 1, 1999 must be accompanied

by the new export visa form.

See 53 FR 34573, published on September 7, 1988.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 23, 1999.

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 September 1, 1988, as amended, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton,

wool and man-made fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri

Lanka for which the Government of Sri Lanka has not issued an

appropriate export visa.

Effective on July 1, 1999, you are directed to amend further the

directive dated September 1, 1988 to provide for the use of a new

export visa form issued by the Government of Sri Lanka to accompany

shipments of textile products, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka

and exported from Sri Lanka on or after July 1, 1999. This new visa

form is Sri Lanka's Textile Quota Board export visa form printed on

a white form with the term ``non-negotiable'' printed on it. This

replaces the light green security paper form currently in use. The

visa stamp remains unchanged.

Textile products exported from Sri Lanka during the period July

1, 1999 through July 31, 1999 may be accompanied by either the old

or new export visa form. Products exported from Sri Lanka on or

after August 1, 1999 must be accompanied by the new export visa

form.

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. 99-16507 Filed 6-28-99; 8:45 am]

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