[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 9706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5194]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of a Grace Period on Export Visa and Quota 
Requirements for Certain Textile Costumes Produced or Manufactured in 
Various Countries, Exported Before April 1, 2002, and Entered for 
Consumption or Withdrawn from Warehouse for Consumption Before June 1, 
2002

February 28, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs to allow a 
grace period on export visa and quota requirements for certain textile 
costumes.

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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2002, the U.S. Customs Service published a notice 
in the Federal Register informing the public that certain imported 
textile costumes, entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption after March 1, 2002, are to be classified as wearing 
apparel in accordance with the Court of International Trade decision in 
Rubie's Costume Company v. United States. This announcement applied to 
imported textile costumes of the character covered by the Customs 
decision published in the Federal Register on December 4, 1998 (see 63 
FR 67170). The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
has decided to allow a grace period before imposing quota and visa 
requirements. Accordingly, in the letter published below, the Chairman 
of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to exempt from export visa 
and quota requirements goods described above that are exported before 
April 1, 2002, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption before June 1, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2002.

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

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.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 28, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
decided to allow a grace period on the export visa and quota 
requirements for the textile costumes of the character covered by 
the Customs decision published in the Federal Register on December 
4, 1998 (see 63 FR 67170).
    Effective on March 1, 2002, you are directed to exempt from 
export visa and quota requirements goods as described above that are 
exported prior to April 1, 2002, and entered for consumption or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to June 1, 2002.
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.02-5194 Filed 2-28-02; 1:47 pm]
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