[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 68249] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-32979] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries December 20, 1996. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending coverage for import limits and visa and certification requirements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-3400. 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). To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and textile agreements and export visa arrangements based upon the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), for goods entered into the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after January 1, 1997 for part-Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, regardless of the date of export, certain HTS classification numbers are being changed on all import controls and on all visa and certification arrangements for countries with these part-categories. These changes will be published in the 1997 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The changes in the HTS numbers will be reflected in the 1997 CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. D. Michael Hutchinson, Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements December 20, 1996. Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229. Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, all monitoring and import control directives issued to you by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which include cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part- Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, produced or manufactured in various countries and imported into the United States on and after January 1, 1997. Also, this directive amends, but does not cancel, all directives establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T for which visa arrangements are in place with the Government of the United States. Effective on January 1, 1997, you are directed to make the changes shown below in the aforementioned directives for goods entered in the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after January 1, 1997 for part- Categories 348-K, 348-T, 648-K and 648-T, regardless of the date of export: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Category Obsolete number New number ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 348-K................. 6104.62.2010 6104.62.2006 and 6104.62.2011. .................... 6104.62.2025 6104.62.2026 and 6104.62.2028. 348-T................. 6104.62.2010 6104.62.2006 and 6104.62.2011. .................... 6104.62.2025 6104.62.2026 and 6104.62.2028. 648-K................. 6104.63.2010 6104.63.2006 and 6104.63.2011. .................... 6104.63.2025 6104.63.2026 and 6104.63.2028. 648-T................. 6104.63.2010 6104.63.2006 and 6104.63.2011. .................... 6104.63.2025 6104.63.2026 and 6104.63.2028. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.96-32979 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F