[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16883]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

June 24, 1997.
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 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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).

    In accordance with paragraph 5.F of the visa arrangement between 
the Governments of the United States and Pakistan, the U.S. Government 
has determined to eliminate visa requirements for cotton textile 
products in Categories 362 and 369-O (other than 369-F/369-P, 369-R and 
369-S), produced or manufactured in Pakistan and entered into the 
United States on or after September 9, 1997, regardless of the date of 
export.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to no longer require 362 and 369-O visa for 
goods exported from Pakistan.
    See 48 FR 25257, published on June 6, 1983; and 52 FR 21611, 
published on June 8, 1987.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 24, 1997.

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 May 27, 1983, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, man-
made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan which were 
not properly visaed by the Government of Pakistan.
    Effective on September 9, 1997, in accordance with paragraph 5.F 
of the existing visa arrangement between the Governments of the 
United States and Pakistan, effected by exchange of notes dated 
March 2 and March 6, 1987, cotton textile products in Categories 362 
and 369-O \1\ (other than 369-F/369-P, 369-R and 369-S), produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and entered into the United States on or 
after September 9, 1997, regardless of the date of export, will no 
longer require a visa.
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    \1\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.91.0045 
(Category 369-F); 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 (369-P); 6307.10.2020 
(Category 369-R); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S).
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    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. 97-16883 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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