[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42149-42150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20094]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in the Philippines

August 9, 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: September 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 377-4212.

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 September 1, 1995, for goods produced or manufactured 
in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on and after 
September 1, 1995, merged and part-category visas will no longer be 
required for 359-S, 659-S, 359-S/659-S, 669-P and 669-O. Shipments in 
part-categories 359-S and 659-S will require a 359-O and 659-O visa, 
respectively. Shipments in part-categories 669-P and 669-O will require 
a 669 visa. During the period September 1, 1995 through September 30, 
1995, U.S. Customs will accept either the new or the old visa. Goods 
exported on and after October 1, 1995 shall be denied entry if not 
visaed as 359-O, 659-O and 669. Merchandise in Categories 359-O and 
659-O may be visaed as merged Categories 359-O/659-O or the correct 
part category corresponding to the actual shipment.
    A complete list of part and merged categories is included in the 
following letter to the Commissioner of Customs.
    See 52 FR 11308, published on April 8, 1987.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 9, 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 April 3, 1987, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, wool 
and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the 
Philippines which were not properly visaed by the Government of the 
Philippines.
    Effective on September 1, 1995, for goods produced or 
manufactured in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on 
and after September 1, 1995, merged and part-category visas will no 
longer be required for 359-S, 659-S, 359-S/659-S, 669-P and 669-O. 
Shipments in part-categories 359-S and 659-S will require a 359-O 
and 659-O visa, respectively. Shipments in part-categories 669-P and 
669-O will require a 669 visa. During the period September 1, 1995 
through September 30, 1995, you are directed to accept either the 
new or the old visa. Goods exported on and after October 1, 1995 
shall be denied entry if not visaed as 359-O, 659-O and 669. 
Merchandise in Categories 359-O and 659-O may be visaed as merged 
Categories 359-O/659-O or the correct part category corresponding to 
the actual shipment.
    Following is a complete list of part and merged categories for 
goods exported from the Philippines:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                         
Part-Category                                                           
359-C--HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,            
 6104.69.8010, 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-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 359-C.                  
369-S--Only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                                    
369-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 369-S.                  

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659-C--Only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,       
 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000,  
 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090,  
 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010,  
 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.                           
659-H--Only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,       
 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.             
659-O--All HTS numbers except those in Categories 659-C and 659-H.      
670-L--Only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,       
 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.                                         
670-O--All HTS numbers except those in Category 670-L.                  
                                                                        
Merged Category                                                         
331/631                                                                 
333/334                                                                 
338/339                                                                 
340/640                                                                 
341/641                                                                 
342/642                                                                 
347/348                                                                 
351/651                                                                 
352/652                                                                 
359-C/659-C                                                             
359-O/659-O                                                             
445/446                                                                 
638/639                                                                 
645/646                                                                 
647/648                                                                 
                                                                        


    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. 95-20094 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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