CSMS Message: 01-000588

TO: ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM: GINA ZZ-TAYLER

SUBJECT: HUNGARY NEW VISA STAMP

DATE: 05/24/2001

CMP-11 FO:TP:IA:TT GT

MAY 23, 2001

TO: DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS

FROM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS

PASS TO: PORT DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS,
BROKERS AND IMPORTERS

SUBJECT: TBT-01-029 NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP FOR CERTAIN
TEXTILE PRODUCTS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED IN
HUNGARY

BACKGROUND:

IN A DIRECTIVE DATED MAY 8, 2001, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS NOTIFIED U.S. CUSTOMS THAT THE DIRECTIVE DATED
MARCH 5, 1984 HAS BEEN AMENDED. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
HUNGARY WILL BEGIN ISSUING A NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP FOR SHIPMENTS OF
TEXTILE PRODUCTS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED IN HUNGARY AND EXPORTED
FROM HUNGARY ON OR AFTER JUNE 1, 2001. THERE WILL BE A ONE-MONTH
GRACE PERIOD FROM JUNE 1, 2001 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2001, DURING WHICH
PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM HUNGARY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY EITHER THE OLD
OR NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP. PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM HUNGARY ON OR AFTER
JULY 1, 2001, MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP.

ACTION:

EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2001, NEW EXPORT VISA STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY. THE NEW EXPORT VISA
WILL REFLECT THE NAME CHANGE OF "MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS"
TO "LICENSING AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS."

SHIPMENTS ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE ACCORDING TO THIS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.

INFORMATION:

QUESTIONS FROM THE IMPORTING COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS ELECTRONIC
MESSAGE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL CUSTOMS PORT. THE
CUSTOMS PORT OF ENTRY MAY REFER QUESTIONS TO GINA TAYLER,
TEXTILES AND TRANSSHIPMENT BRANCH, AT (202) 927-4882 OR VIA CC:MAIL

/S/ ANNE K. LOMBARDI
FOR ELIZABETH G. DURANT

CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS