[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 42760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15959]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Further Extension of a Previously Announced Grace Period on 
Export Visa and Quota Requirements for Certain Textile Costumes 
Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries

June 20, 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textile costumes, entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse 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 
Rubies Costume Company v. United States (67 FR 9504). 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 (CITA) 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consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before June 1, 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). On March 22, 2002, CITA published a notice and 
letter to the Commissioner of Customs extending that grace period, 
exempting 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withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before August 1, 2002. (see 67 
FR 13318).
    On June 3, after a review, the United States Government made a 
final decision that it would appeal the U.S. Court of International 
Trade's decision in the case of Rubies Costume Company v. United 
States. In view of that appeal, CITA has decided to direct the U.S. 
Customs Service to exempt imported textile costumes of the character 
covered by the Customs decision published in the Federal Register on 
December 4, 1998 from quota and visa requirements until further notice. 
CITA will revisit this issue when a decision on the appeal is issued.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 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 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

June 20, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued 
to you on March 18, 2002 (67 FR 13318). In that directive, the 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) 
extended 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 June 25, 2002, you are directed to exempt such 
textile costumes from quota and visa requirements until further 
notice. This exemption will be retroactive to cover such textile 
costumes exported between June 1, 2002 and the effective date of 
this directive.
    Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.02-15959 Filed 6-24-02; 8:45 am]
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