[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65058-65059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30713]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


New Export Visa Stamp for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

December 13, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs providing 
for the use of a new export visa stamp.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    Beginning on January 1, 1996, the Government of the Republic of 
Singapore will begin issuing a new export visa stamp for shipments of 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Singapore and exported 
from Singapore on and after January 1, 1996. There will be a one-month 
grace period from December 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995, during 
which goods exported from Singapore may be accompanied by either the 
old or the new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Singapore on or 
after January 1, 1996 must be accompanied by the new export visa stamp.
    A facsimile of the new visa stamp is on file at the U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., room 3104, Washington, DC.
    See 47 FR 6683, published on February 16, 1982; 47 FR 53446, 
published on November 26, 1982; and 

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51 FR 43454, published on December 12, 1986.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 13, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on February 10, 1982, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive establishes export visa requirements for certain 
cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Singapore.
    Effective on January 1, 1996, you are directed to amend further 
the directive dated February 10, 1982 to provide for the use of a 
new export visa stamp issued by the Government of the Republic of 
Singapore to accompany shipments of textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Singapore and exported from Singapore on and after 
January 1, 1996.
    Goods exported from Singapore during the period December 1, 1995 
through December 31, 1995 may be accompanied by either the old or 
the new export visa stamp. Goods exported from Singapore on or after 
January 1, 1996 must be accompanied be the new export visa stamp.
    A facsimile of the visa stamp is enclosed with this letter.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by the appropriate export visa 
stamp shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-30713 Filed 12-13-95; 4:24 pm]
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