[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20736]


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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 the Republic of 
Turkey

July 29, 1998.
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: August 10, 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, 1862, as 
amended.

    Effective on August 10, 1998, the existing export visa arrangement 
between the Governments of the United States and Turkey is being 
amended to include the coverage of textile products in Categories 352, 
652 and merged Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured in Turkey 
and exported from Turkey on and after August 10, 1998. As a result, an 
export visa will be required for such products. Merchandise in merged 
Categories 352/652 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged 
category visa or the correct category visa corresponding to the actual 
shipment. There will be a grace period from August 10, 1998 through 
September 8, 1998 during which products exported from Turkey in 
Categories 352, 652 and 352/652 shall not be denied entry for lack of a 
visa.
    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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997). Also see 
52 FR 6859, published on March 5, 1987.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 29, 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 2, 1987, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive concerns export visa requirements for certain cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in 
Turkey for which the Government of Turkey has not issued an 
appropriate export visa.
    Effective on August 10, 1998, you are directed to require a visa 
for products in Categories 352 and 652, produced or manufactured in 
Turkey and exported from Turkey on and after August 10, 1998. 
Merchandise in Categories 352 and 652 may be visaed as merged 
Categories 352/652 or the correct category corresponding to the 
actual shipment. There will be a grace period from August 10, 1998 
through September 8, 1998 during which products exported from Turkey 
in Categories 352, 652 and 352/652 shall not be denied entry for 
lack of a visa.
    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 these actions fall 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. 98-20736 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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