Amendment of Coverage of Import Limit and Visa and Certification Requirements for a Certain Part-Category Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17921]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Coverage of Import Limit and Visa and Certification 
Requirements for a Certain Part-Category Produced or Manufactured in 
Various Countries

July 9, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
coverage for an import limit and visa and certification requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

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.

    To facilitate implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, bilateral textile and textile product 
agreements, and export visa arrangements, all of which refer to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), directives implementing these 
agreements are being amended, replacing an HTS classification number in 
part-Category 369-R, for products which are entered into the United 
States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on 
and after July 7, 1999 regardless of date of export.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to amend monitoring, import control, and visa 
and certification requirements with respect to part-Category 369-R.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 9, 1999.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
all monitoring and import control directives, and all visa and 
certification requirement directives, issued to you by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which 
include cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-Category 
369-R, produced or manufactured in various countries and imported 
into the United States on and after July 7, 1999, regardless of the 
date of export.
    Effective on July 7, 1999, you are directed to make the change 
shown below in the aforementioned directives for products entered in 
the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption on and after July 7, 1999 for part-Category 369-R, 
regardless of the date of export:

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             Category                            HTS change
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369-R.............................  Delete: 6307.10.2020
  ................................  Replace: 6307.10.1020
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    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. 99-17921 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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