[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15128-15129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7032]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Export Visa Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

  March 17, 1995.
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: March 17, 1995

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, 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).

    The existing export visa arrangement between the Governments of the 
United States and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is 
being amended to no longer require an export visa for cotton and man-
made fiber textile products in part-Categories 340-O/640-O, produced or 
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and after 
March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14, 1995 through 
April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visaed as 340-O/640-O.
Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
  March 17, 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 September 1, 1988, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, wool, 
man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka for which the 
Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has not 
issued an appropriate visa.
    Effective on March 17, 1995 you are directed to no longer 
require a part-category visa for 340-O/640-O\1\ for goods produced 
or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported from Sri Lanka on and 
after March 14, 1995. Goods exported during the period March 14, 
1995 through April 13, 1995 shall not be denied entry if visased as 
340-O/640-O.

    \1\Category 340-O/640-O: all HTS numbers except 6205.20.2015, 
6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050, 6205.20.2060 (340-Y); 
6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060 (640-Y).
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    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa 
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,
Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-7032 Filed 3-21-95; 8:45 am]
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