[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24653]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Delay in the Implementation of Export Visa Requirements for 
Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk-blend and Non-Cotton 
Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured 
in Laos

September 30, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending the 
effective date for the implementation of visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, 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).

    On September 13, 1994 a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 46964) announcing the establishment of export visa 
requirements for textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Laos and exported from Laos on and after October 1, 
1994.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to delay the implementation of the visa 
requirements until November 15, 1994. Goods exported from Laos during 
the period November 15 through November 30, 1994 shall not be denied 
entry for lack of a visa. All goods exported after November 30, 1994 
must be accompanied by an appropriate export visa.
    Interested persons are advised to take all necessary steps to 
ensure that textile products that are entered into the United States 
for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, will meet 
the visa requirements set forth in the letter published below to the 
Commissioner of Customs.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 30, 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 8, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive directs you to require an export visa for certain textiles 
and textile products, produced or manufactured in Laos and exported 
from Laos on and after October 1, 1994. You are directed to delay 
the implementation of the visa requirements until November 15, 1994.
    Effective on October 1, 1994, you are directed to amend the 
September 8, 1994 directive to prohibit entry of textiles and 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Laos and exported from 
Laos on and after November 15, 1994 for which the Government of the 
Lao People's Democratic Republic has not issued an appropriate 
export visa. Goods exported during the period November 15, 1994 
through November 30, 1994 shall not be denied entry for lack of a 
visa.
    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. 94-24653 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]
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