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[FR Doc No: 94-5031]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

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

February 28, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
visa requirements to include certain part and merged categories.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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 March 15, 1994, the existing export visa arrangement 
between the Governments of the United States and Macau is being amended 
to include the coverage of certain merged and part-categories, produced 
or manufactured in Macau and exported from Macau on and after March 15, 
1994.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see 
46 FR 45979, published on September 16, 1981; and 52 FR 26719, 
published on July 16, 1987.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 28, 1994.

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 16, 1981, as amended, by 
the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain 
cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber 
textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Macau for 
which the Government of Macau has not issued an appropriate visa.
    Effective on March 15, 1994, you are directed to amend further 
the September 16, 1981 directive to include coverage of the 
following part and merged categories for goods exported on and after 
March 15, 1994:

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                             Part-categories                            
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359-C--Coveralls and overalls--only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025,           
 6103.49.3034, 6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 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-V--Vests--only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.4030, 6104.12.0040,
 6104.19.2040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,  
 6110.90.0044, 6110.90.0046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,  
 6203.19.4030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.3040, 6211.32.0070 and             
 6211.42.0070.                                                          
359-O--Other--all HTS numbers except those in Categories 359-C and 359- 
 V.                                                                     
659-C--Coveralls and overalls--only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,           
 6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020,  
 6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,  
 6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,  
 6204.69.1010, 6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and             
 6211.43.0010.                                                          
659-S--Swimwear--only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,           
 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,  
 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.                           
659-O--Other--all HTS numbers except those in 659-C and 659-S.          
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                            Merged categories                           
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331/831                                                                 
333/334/335/833/834/835                                                 
333/335/833/835                                                         
336/836                                                                 
347/348/847                                                             
350/850                                                                 
351/851                                                                 
359-C/659-C                                                             
445/446                                                                 
625/626/627/628/629                                                     
633/634/635                                                             
638/639/838                                                             
641/840                                                                 
642/842                                                                 
645/646                                                                 
647/648                                                                 
652/852                                                                 
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    Effective on March 15, 1994, you are directed to require an 
export visa for cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-
Categories 359-C, 359-V, 359-O, 659-C, 659-S and 659-O, produced or 
manufactured in Macau and exported from Macau on and after March 15, 
1994.
    Merchandise in the aforementioned merged categories may be 
accompanied by either the appropriate merged category visa, merged 
part-category visa, correct part-category visa or correct category 
visa corresponding to the actual shipment.
    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 these actions fall 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. 94-5031 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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