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[FR Doc No: 94-13935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's 
Republic of China

June 3, 1994.
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: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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).

    The existing export licensing system between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China is being amended to 
require an export visa for part-Categories 224-V (cotton and man-made 
fiber woven pile fabric) and 224-O (all other fabric in Category 224), 
produced or manufactured in China and exported from China on and after 
June 15, 1994. Goods in Category 224 which are exported during the 
period June 15, 1994 through July 15, 1994, shall be permitted entry if 
visased as 224 or the correct part category.
    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 
49 FR 7269, published on February 28, 1984; 52 FR 28741, published on 
August 3, 1987; and 59 FR 3847, published on January 27, 1994.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 3, 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 February 23, 1984, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directed 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 China for which 
the Government of the People's Republic of China has not issued an 
appropriate visa.
    Effective on June 15, 1994, you are directed to amend further 
the February 23, 1984 directive to require an export visa for 
shipments of cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-
Categories 224-V\1\ and 224-O\2\, produced or manufactured in China 
and exported from China on and after June 15, 1994. Merchandise in 
Category 224 which is exported from China during the period June 15, 
1994 through July 15, 1994 may be visaed as Category 224 or the 
correct part-category. Merchandise in Category 224 which is exported 
on and after July 15, 1994 must be visaed as Category 224-V or 224-
O.
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    \1\Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 
5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 
5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 
5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.
    \2\Category 224-O: all HTS numbers in Category 224 except those 
in 224-V.
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    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 or replacement 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. 94-13935 Filed 6-7-94; 8:45 am]
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