[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23283]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------


COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

September 14, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
visa requirements.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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).

    A notice published in the Federal Register on August 15, 1995 
announces that, effective on September 1, 1995, for goods produced or 
manufactured in the Philippines and exported from the Philippines on 
and after September 1, 1995, part-category visas will no longer be 
required for certain part-categories, including Categories 669-P and 
669-O.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that the part-category 
visa requirement shall continue for Categories 669-P and 669-O.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to continue to require a part-category visa for 
goods in Categories 669-P and 669-O, produced or manufactured in the 
Philippines and entered into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.
    See 52 FR 11308, published on April 8, 1987.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 14, 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 August 9, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive directs you to amend export visa requirements for certain 
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in the Philippines.
    Effective on September 21, 1995, you are directed to continue to 
require a part-category visa for goods in Categories 669-P\1\ and 
669-O\2\, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and entered 
into the United States for consumption and withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption.

    \1\Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.31.0010, 6305.31.0020 
and 6305.39.0000.
    \2\Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.31.0010, 
6305.31.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-23283 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F