made textiles: El Salvador,

[Federal Register: April 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 72)]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Visa and Certification Requirements for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in El Salvador

April 8, 1999. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 1999.

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

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.

The limit for textile products in Categories 342/642, produced or manufactured in El Salvador, expired on March 28, 1999; therefore, textile products in these categories, produced or manufactured in El Salvador and exported on or after March 29, 1999, will no longer require a visa and will no longer qualify for Special Access Program treatment. In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to no longer require visas for these products.

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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). Also see 60 FR 2740, published on January 11, 1995. Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements April 8, 1999.

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 January 6, 1995, as amended, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive directs you to prohibit entry of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in El Salvador which were not properly visaed by the Government of El Salvador.

Effective on April 9, 1999, you are directed to amend the current visa requirements for textiles and textile products in Categories 342/642, produced or manufactured in El Salvador, to no longer require visas for these products exported on or after March 29, 1999. In addition, products in these categories from El Salvador will no longer qualify for Special Access Program treatment.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception of 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. 99-9343Filed4-14-99; 8:45 am]

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