[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9467]



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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 Hungary

April 12, 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: April 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, 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 Republic of Hungary is being amended to include 
the coverage of Categories 351, 651 and merged Categories 351/651 for 
goods produced or manufactured in Hungary and exported from Hungary on 
and after April 15, 1995. Goods in Categories 351, 651 and 351/651 
which are exported from Hungary during the period April 15, 1995 
through April 30, 1995 shall not be denied entry for lack of a visa. 
Goods exported on and after May 1, 1995 must be accompanied by a 351/
651 visa or a visa corresponding to the actual shipment.
    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 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
49 FR 8659, published March 8, 1984.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 12, 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 March 5, 1984, as amended, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain wool and 
man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Hungary 
for which the Government of the Republic of Hungary has not issued 
an appropriate visa.
    Effective on April 15, 1995, you are directed to amend further 
the March 5, 1984 directive to require a visa for goods in 
Categories 351 and 651, produced or manufactured in Hungary and 
exported from Hungary on and after April 15, 1995. Merchandise in 
Categories 351 and 651 may be visaed as merged Categories 351/651 or 
the correct category visa corresponding to the actual shipment.
    Merchandise in Categories 351 and 651 which is exported during 
the period April 15, 1995 through April 30, 1995 shall not be denied 
entry for lack of a visa. Merchandise in Categories 351 and 651 
which is exported prior to April 15, 1995 shall not be denied entry 
if accompanied by a 351/651 visa.
    Goods in Categories 351 and 651 which are exported on and after 
May 1, 1995 may be accompanied by either the appropriate merged 
category visa or the correct category visa corresponding to the 
actual shipment.
    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-9467 Filed 4-17-95; 8:45 am]
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