COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Coverage of Import Limits and Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Part-Categories Produced or Manufactured in Various Countries

April 7, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1998.


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, and textile agreements and export visa arrangements based upon the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), certain HTS classification numbers are being changed for products in part-Categories 369-L and 670-L which are entered into the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after May 11, 1998, regardless of the date of export.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to amend all import controls and all visa and certification arrangements for countries with part Categories 369-L and 670-L.

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 7, 1998.


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 issued to you by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which include cotton and man-made fiber textile products in part-Categories 369-L and 670-L, produced or manufactured in various countries and imported into the United States on and after May 11, 1998, regardless of the date of export.

Also, this directive amends, but does not cancel, all directives establishing visa and certification requirements for part-Categories 369-L and 670-L for which visa arrangements are in place with the Government of the United States.

Effective on May 11, 1998, you are directed to make the changes shown below in the aforementioned directives for products entered in the United States for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on and after May 11, 1998 for part Categories 369-L and 670-L, regardless of the date of export:


CategoryHTS change
369-LReplace 4209.92.6090 with 4209.92.6091_definition remains unchanged.
670-LReplace 4209.92.9025 with 4209.92.9026_definition remains unchanged.


The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall 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.
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