[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67321-67322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32382]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

December 16, 1996.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, 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.

    Effective on January 1, 1997, a visa or certification shall be 
required for goods in Categories 342 and 642 which are produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador and exported from El Salvador on and after 
January 1, 1997. Shipments of goods in Categories 342 and 642 may be 
visaed or certified as merged Categories 342/642 or the correct 
category corresponding to the actual shipment. Goods exported during 
the period January 1, 1997 through January 31, 1997 shall not be denied 
entry for lack of a visa or certification.
    See 60 FR 2740, published on January 11, 1995; and 61 FR 43396, 
published on August 22, 1996.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 16, 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 January 6, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton and man-
made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador 
which were not properly visaed or certified by the Government of El 
Salvador.
    Effective on January 1, 1997, you are directed to require a visa 
or certification for goods in Categories 342 and 642 which are

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produced or manufactured in El Salvador and exported from El 
Salvador on and after January 1, 1997. Shipments of goods in 
Categories 342 and 642 may be visaed or certified as merged 
Categories 342/642 or the correct category corresponding to the 
actual shipment. Goods exported during the period January 1, 1997 
through January 31, 1997 shall not be denied entry for lack of a 
visa or certification.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa or 
certification shall be denied entry and a new visa or certification 
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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 96-32382 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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