[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13318-13319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6950]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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Entered for Consumption or Withdrawn from Warehouse for Consumption 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

March 18, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs extending 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textile costumes, entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse 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). On March 4, 2002, the Committee for the Implementation of 
Textile Agreements published a notice and letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs in the Federal Register allowing a grace period before imposing 
quota and visa requirements on goods described above that are exported 
before April 1, 2002, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption before June 1, 2002 (see 67 FR 9706). The 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has decided to 
extend that grace period. 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exported before June 1, 2002, and entered for consumption or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption before August 1, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2002.

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

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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.

James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 18, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
to you on February 28, 2002. In that directive, the Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements 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 22, 2002, you are directed to extend the 
exemption from export visa and quota requirements for goods as 
described above that are exported prior to June 1, 2002, and entered 
for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to 
August 1, 2002.
    Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-6950 Filed 3-21-02; 8:45 am]
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