[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6159-6160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3113]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Hungary

January 26, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


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ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing 
for the use of a new export visa stamp.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    Beginning on February 1, 1998, the Government of the Republic of 
Hungary will start issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported from 
Hungary on or after February 1, 1998. There will be a one-month grace 
period from February 1, 1998 through February 28, 1998, during which 
products exported from Hungary may be accompanied by either the old or 
new export visa stamp. Products exported from Hungary on or after March 
1, 1998 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.
    A facsimile of the new visa stamp is on file at the U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington, 
DC.
    See 49 FR 8659, published on March 8, 1984.

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 26, 1998.

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 March 5, 1984, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Hungary for which the 
Government of the Republic of Hungary has not issued an appropriate 
export visa.
    Beginning on February 1, 1998, you are directed to amend further 
the directive dated March 5, 1984 to provide for the use of a new 
export visa stamp issued by the Government of the Republic of 
Hungary to accompany shipments of textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Hungary and exported from Hungary on or after 
February 1, 1998.
    Textile products exported from Hungary during the period 
February 1, 1998 through February 28, 1998 may be accompanied by 
either the old or new export visa stamp. Products exported from 
Hungary on or after March 1, 1998 must be accompanied by the new 
export visa stamp.
    A facsimile of the new visa stamp is enclosed with this letter.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa 
shall be denied entry and a new visa 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. 98-3113 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]
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