[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16825]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Cancellation of a Limit and Amendment of Visa Requirements for
Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri
Lanka
June 26, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs cancelling a
limit and amending visa requirements.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.
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); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The United States Government has decided to cancel the current
limit on imports of man-made fiber luggage in Category 670-L from Sri
Lanka established on January 1, 1996.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to cancel the limit established for Category
670-L for the period January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. Also,
for goods produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka, visa requirements are
being amended to no longer require a 670-L and 670-O part-category
visa. Goods in Category 670 shall not be denied entry if visaed as 670,
670-L or 670-O.
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 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see
53 FR 34573, published on September 7, 1988; and 60 FR 66265, published
on December 21, 1995.
The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the
implementation of certain of their provisions.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 26, 1996.
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 December 15, 1995, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the period
which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through December 31,
1996.
Effective on July 1, 1996, you are directed to cancel the
current limit for Category 670-L \1\.
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\1\ Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.
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For visa purposes, you are directed to amend the directive dated
September 1, 1988 to no longer require a 670-L and 670-O \2\ part-
category visa. Goods in Category 670 shall not be denied entry if
visaed as 670, 670-L or 670-O.
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\2\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030,
4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category
670-L).
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall 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.96-16825 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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