[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42149-42150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20094]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or
Manufactured in the Philippines
August 9, 1995.
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: September 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 377-4212.
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).
Effective on September 1, 1995, for goods produced or manufactured
in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on and after
September 1, 1995, merged and part-category visas will no longer be
required for 359-S, 659-S, 359-S/659-S, 669-P and 669-O. Shipments in
part-categories 359-S and 659-S will require a 359-O and 659-O visa,
respectively. Shipments in part-categories 669-P and 669-O will require
a 669 visa. During the period September 1, 1995 through September 30,
1995, U.S. Customs will accept either the new or the old visa. Goods
exported on and after October 1, 1995 shall be denied entry if not
visaed as 359-O, 659-O and 669. Merchandise in Categories 359-O and
659-O may be visaed as merged Categories 359-O/659-O or the correct
part category corresponding to the actual shipment.
A complete list of part and merged categories is included in the
following letter to the Commissioner of Customs.
See 52 FR 11308, published on April 8, 1987.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 9, 1995.
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 April 3, 1987, as 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and
other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the
Philippines which were not properly visaed by the Government of the
Philippines.
Effective on September 1, 1995, for goods produced or
manufactured in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on
and after September 1, 1995, merged and part-category visas will no
longer be required for 359-S, 659-S, 359-S/659-S, 669-P and 669-O.
Shipments in part-categories 359-S and 659-S will require a 359-O
and 659-O visa, respectively. Shipments in part-categories 669-P and
669-O will require a 669 visa. During the period September 1, 1995
through September 30, 1995, you are directed to accept either the
new or the old visa. Goods exported on and after October 1, 1995
shall be denied entry if not visaed as 359-O, 659-O and 669.
Merchandise in Categories 359-O and 659-O may be visaed as merged
Categories 359-O/659-O or the correct part category corresponding to
the actual shipment.
Following is a complete list of part and merged categories for
goods exported from the Philippines:
Part-Category
359-C--HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,
6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010, 6203.42.2090,
6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and 6211.42.0010.
359-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 359-C.
369-S--Only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
369-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 369-S.
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659-C--Only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,
6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000,
6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090,
6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010,
6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.
659-H--Only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,
6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.
659-O--All HTS numbers except those in Categories 659-C and 659-H.
670-L--Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,
4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
670-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 670-L.
Merged Category
331/631
333/334
338/339
340/640
341/641
342/642
347/348
351/651
352/652
359-C/659-C
359-O/659-O
445/446
638/639
645/646
647/648
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,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-20094 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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