[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15128-15129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7032]
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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 Sri Lanka
March 17, 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: March 17, 1995
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).
The existing export visa arrangement between the Governments of the
United States and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is
being amended to no longer require an export visa for cotton and man-
made fiber textile products in part-Categories 340-O/640-O, produced or
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and after
March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14, 1995 through
April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visaed as 340-O/640-O.
Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 17, 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 September 1, 1988, 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 textile
products, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka for which the
Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has not
issued an appropriate visa.
Effective on March 17, 1995 you are directed to no longer
require a part-category visa for 340-O/640-O\1\ for goods produced
or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and
after March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14,
1995 through April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visased as
340-O/640-O.
\1\Category 340-O/640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.20.2015,
6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050, 6205.20.2060 (340-Y);
6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060 (640-Y).
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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 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,
Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-7032 Filed 3-21-95; 8:45 am]
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