[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9343]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

April 8, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 1999.

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

    The limit for textile products in Categories 342/642, produced or 
manufactured in El Salvador, expired on March 28, 1999; therefore, 
textile products in these categories, produced or manufactured in El 
Salvador and exported on or after March 29, 1999, will no longer 
require a visa and will no longer qualify for Special Access Program 
treatment. In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs 
the Commissioner of Customs to no longer require visas for these 
products.
    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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). Also see 
60 FR 2740, published on January 11, 1995.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 8, 1999.

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 6, 1995, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton and 
man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in El 
Salvador which were not properly visaed by the Government of El 
Salvador.
    Effective on April 9, 1999, you are directed to amend the 
current visa requirements for textiles and textile products in 
Categories 342/642, produced or manufactured in El Salvador, to no 
longer require visas for these products exported on or after March 
29, 1999. In addition, products in these categories from El Salvador 
will no longer qualify for Special Access Program treatment.
    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. 99-9343 Filed 4-14-99; 8:45 am]
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