[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63225-63227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30051]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Textiles and Textile 
Products Integrated into GATT 1994 in the Third Stage

November 29, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a Directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
export visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing provides for the staged integration of 
textiles and textile products into the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT) 1994. The third stage of the integration will take place 
on January 1, 2002. The products to be integrated on January 1, 2002 
were announced on April 26, 1995 (see 60 FR 21075, published on May 1, 
1995).
    This directive does not affect textile visas that may be required 
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
    The United States will not maintain visa requirements on textiles 
and textile products integrated on January 1, 2002 that are produced or 
manufactured in a WTO Member country. In the letter

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published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of 
Customs to eliminate existing visa requirements for textiles and 
textile products integrated on January 1, 2002 and exported on or after 
that date, produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country. Existing 
visa requirements will be maintained for goods exported prior to 
January 1, 2002 and for goods that are not produced or manufactured in 
a WTO Member country.
    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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). 
Information regarding the availability of the 2002 CORRELATION will be 
published in the Federal Register at a later date.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 29, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229
    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to Section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the World Trade Organization (WTO) 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, you are directed to amend the 
current visa requirements for certain textiles and textile products 
produced or manufactured in WTO Member countries and exported on or 
after January 1, 2002.
    Effective on January 1, 2002, for goods exported on and after 
that date, export visas will not be required for textiles and 
textile products produced or manufactured in a WTO Member country 
and integrated into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
(GATT) 1994 on January 1, 2002.
    The following entire textile categories will be integrated on 
January 1, 2002: 222, 223, 350, 431, 464, 600, 606, 607, 621, 622, 
649, 650, 670, 800, 810, 831, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 840, 842, 
843, 844, 847, 850, 851, 858, 870, and 871.
    The following partial textile categories will be integrated on 
January 1, 2002: 331, 359, 369, 459, 469, 631, 659, 666, 669, and 
859. A complete list of products in the partially integrated 
categories is attached to this letter. This listing is based on the 
2001 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    Export visas will continue to be required for non-integrated 
products, for products integrated on January 1, 2002 produced or 
manufactured in a country that is not a Member of the World Trade 
Organization, and for products integrated on January 1, 2002 that 
were exported prior to that date.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
    Part Categories in Stage 3

 
                 Category                            HTS (2001)
 
331                                        6116101720
331                                        6116104810
331                                        6116105510
331                                        6116107510
331                                        6116926410
331                                        6116926420
331                                        6116926430
331                                        6116926440
331                                        6116927450
331                                        6116927460
331                                        6116927470
331                                        6116928800
331                                        6116929400
331                                        6116999510
359                                        6115198010
359                                        6117106010
359                                        6117209010
359                                        6203221000
359                                        6204221000
359                                        6212900010
359                                        6214900010
359                                        6505901525
359                                        6505901540
359                                        6505902060
359                                        6505902545
369                                        4202124000
369                                        4202128020
369                                        4202128060
369                                        4202224020
369                                        4202224500
369                                        4202228030
369                                        4202324000
369                                        4202329530
369                                        4202921500
369                                        4202923016
369                                        4202926091
369                                        5805003000
369                                        5807100510
369                                        5807900510
369                                        6301300010
369                                        6301300020
369                                        6302511000
369                                        6302512000
369                                        6302513000
369                                        6302514000
369                                        6302600010
369                                        6302600030
369                                        6302910005
369                                        6302910025
369                                        6302910045
369                                        6302910050
369                                        6302910060
369                                        6303110000
369                                        6303910010
369                                        6303910020
369                                        6304910020
369                                        6304920000
369                                        6305200000
369                                        6306110000
369                                        6307101020
369                                        6307101090
369                                        6307903010
369                                        6307904010
369                                        6307905010
369                                        6307908910
369                                        6307908945
369                                        6307909905
369                                        6307909982
369                                        9404901000
369                                        9404908040
369                                        9404909505
459                                        6115198020
459                                        6117101000
459                                        6117102010
459                                        6117209020
459                                        6212900020
459                                        6214200000
469                                        6304193040
469                                        6304910050
469                                        6304991500
469                                        6304996010
469                                        6308000010
631                                        6116101730
631                                        6116104820
631                                        6116105520
631                                        6116107520
631                                        6116938800
631                                        6116939400
631                                        6116994800
631                                        6116995400
631                                        6116999530
659                                        6115110010
659                                        6115122000
659                                        6117102030
659                                        6117209030
659                                        6212900030
659                                        6214300000
659                                        6214400000
666                                        5805004010
666                                        6301100000
666                                        6301400010
666                                        6301400020
666                                        6301900010
666                                        6302530010
666                                        6302530020
666                                        6302530030
666                                        6302931000
666                                        6302932000
666                                        6303120000
666                                        6303190010
666                                        6303921000
666                                        6303922010
666                                        6303922020
666                                        6303990010
666                                        6304112000
666                                        6304191500
666                                        6304192000
666                                        6304910040
666                                        6304930000
666                                        6304996020
666                                        6307909984
666                                        9404908522
666                                        9404909522
669                                        5807100520
669                                        5807900520
669                                        5810929030
669                                        6305320010
669                                        6305320020
669                                        6305330010
669                                        6305330020
669                                        6305390000
669                                        6306120000
669                                        6306190010
669                                        6306229030
669                                        6307903020
669                                        6307904020
669                                        6307905020
669                                        6308000020
859                                        6115198040
859                                        6117106020
859                                        6212105030
859                                        6212109040
859                                        6212200030
859                                        6212300030

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859                                        6212900090
859                                        6214102000
859                                        6214900090
 

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