[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16507]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


New Export Visa Form for Certain Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Sri Lanka

June 23, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1999.

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.

    Effective on July 1, 1999, goods produced or manufactured in Sri 
Lanka and exported to the United States must be accompanied by Sri 
Lanka's Textile Quota Board export visa form printed on a white form 
with the term ``non-negotiable'' printed on it. This replaces the light 
green security paper form currently in use. The visa stamp remains 
unchanged. There will be a grace period from July 1, 1999 through July 
31, 1999, during which products exported from Sri Lanka may be 
accompanied by either the old or new export visa form. Products 
exported from Sri Lanka on or after August 1, 1999 must be accompanied 
by the new export visa form.
    See 53 FR 34573, published on September 7, 1988.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 23, 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 September 1, 1988, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, 
wool and man-made fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Sri 
Lanka for which the Government of Sri Lanka has not issued an 
appropriate export visa.
    Effective on July 1, 1999, you are directed to amend further the 
directive dated September 1, 1988 to provide for the use of a new 
export visa form issued by the Government of Sri Lanka to accompany 
shipments of textile products, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka 
and exported from Sri Lanka on or after July 1, 1999. This new visa 
form is Sri Lanka's Textile Quota Board export visa form printed on 
a white form with the term ``non-negotiable'' printed on it. This 
replaces the light green security paper form currently in use. The 
visa stamp remains unchanged.
    Textile products exported from Sri Lanka during the period July 
1, 1999 through July 31, 1999 may be accompanied by either the old 
or new export visa form. Products exported from Sri Lanka on or 
after August 1, 1999 must be accompanied by the new export visa 
form.
    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. 99-16507 Filed 6-28-99; 8:45 am]
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