[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 76167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31207]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Removal of Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey

December 5, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.

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 January 1, 2003, an export visa will not be required 
for products in merged Categories 352/652, produced or manufactured in 
Turkey and exported from Turkey on and after January 1, 2003. The visa 
requirement is being removed because the quota on this category expires 
on December 31, 2002, and the existing visa arrangement between the 
Governments of the United States and Turkey only requires export visas 
for quota categories.
    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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001). Also see 
66 FR 63037, published on December 4, 2001 and 52 FR 6859, published on 
March 5, 1987.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 5, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive does not cancel, the directive 
issued to you on March 2, 1987, as amended, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns export visa requirements for certain cotton and 
man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Turkey 
for which the Government of Turkey has not issued an appropriate 
export visa.
    Effective on January 1, 2003, you are directed to no longer 
require a visa for products in merged Categories 352/652 exported on 
and after January 1, 2003 because the quota on this category expires 
on December 31, 2002, and the existing visa arrangement between the 
Governments of the United States and Turkey only requires export 
visas for quota categories.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-31207 Filed 12-10-02; 8:45 am]
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