[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2101]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh

January 24, 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: February 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 visa arrangement between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of Bangladesh is being amended 
to include the coverage of merged Categories 352/652 for goods produced 
or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported from Bangladesh on and after 
February 1, 1995.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
53 FR 46484, published November 17, 1988.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 24, 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 November 14, 1988, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton and man-
made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh 
for which the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has 
not issued an appropriate visa.
    Effective on February 1, 1995, you are directed to amend further 
the November 14, 1988 directive to include the coverage of merged 
Categories 352/652 for goods produced or manufactured in Bangladesh 
and exported from Bangladesh on and after February 1, 1995. 
Merchandise in Categories 352/652 may be accompanied by either the 
appropriate merged categories or the correct category corresponding 
to the actual shipment.
    Merchandise in Categories 352 and 652 which is exported from 
Bangladesh prior to February 1, 1995 shall not be denied entry if 
accompanied by a merged category 352/652 visa.
    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. 95-2101 Filed 1-26-95; 8:45 am]
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