[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37886-37887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18510]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Peru

July 9, 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: July 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 July 15, 1997, for goods produced or manufactured in 
Peru, a part-category visa will no longer be required for textile 
products in part-Categories 338-S, 339-S, 607-K and 607-O, regardless 
of the date of export. Appropriate whole category visas will still be 
required.
    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 61 FR 66263, published on December 17, 1996). Also see 
51 FR 4409, published on February 4, 1986.
    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.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 9, 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 January 30, 1986, as

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amended, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of 
Textile Agreements. That directive directs you to prohibit entry of 
certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced 
or manufactured in Peru which were not properly visaed by the 
Government of Peru.
    Effective on July 15, 1997, you are directed to no longer 
require a part-category visa for shipments of goods in part-
Categories 338-S \1\, 339-S \2\, 607-K \3\ and 607-O \4\ which are 
produced or manufactured in Peru, regardless of the date of export. 
Appropriate whole category visas will still be required.
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    \1\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010, 
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 
6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 
6114.20.0005.
    \2\ Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 
6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 
6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 
6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and 6117.90.9020.
    \3\ Category 607-K: all HTS numbers except 5509.52.0000, 
5509.61.0000, 5509.91.0000 and 5510.20.0000.
    \4\ Category 607-O: only HTS numbers 5509.52.0000, 5509.61.0000, 
5509.91.0000 and 5510.20.0000.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 97-18510 Filed 7-14-97; 8:45 am]
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