| Title: | TEXTILE VISAS- WTO INTEGRATION |
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| Date: | 2001-12-17 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : SUSAN S ZZ-THOMAS
SUBJECT : TEXTILE VISAS- WTO INTEGRATION
DATE : 12/14/2001
DECEMBER 14, 2001
CMP-11 FO:TP:TEO:TO SST
TO: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS
FROM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: TBT-01-056 AMENDMENT OF EXPORT VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR
TEXTILE AND WEARING APPAREL PRODUCTS INTEGRATED INTO
THE THIRD STAGE OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE (GATT) 1994
BACKGROUND:
PURSUANT TO A DECEMBER 5, 2001, FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (66 FR
63225), THE COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS (CITA) HAS DIRECTED U.S. CUSTOMS TO AMEND THE CURRENT
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
MEMBER COUNTRIES AND EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2002.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002, GOODS EXPORTED ON OR AFTER THAT DATE
WILL NOT HAVE EXPORT VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE AND
APPAREL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN A WTO MEMBER COUNTRY
INTEGRATED INTO THE GATT 1994, ON JANUARY 1, 2002.
THE FOLLOWING WTO MEMBER COUNTRIES WITH VISA ARRANGEMENTS ARE
AFFECTED BY THE STAGE III INTEGRATION:
BAHRAIN BANGLADESH
BRAZIL CHINA
COLOMBIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EGYPT HAITI
HONG KONG INDIA
INDONESIA JAMAICA
JAPAN KOREA
MACAU MALAYSIA
MALDIVES MAURITIUS
OMAN PAKISTAN
PANAMA PERU
PHILIPPINES QATAR
ROMANIA SINGAPORE
SRI LANKA TAIWAN***
THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
*** NOTE: TAIWAN (TW) WILL BECOME A WTO MEMBER COUNTRY EFFECTIVE
1JANUARY 1, 2002.
THE FOLLOWING ENTIRE TEXTILE CATEGORIES WILL BE INTEGRATED ON
JANUARY 1, 2002:
222 (KNIT FABRIC)
223 (NON-WOVEN FABRIC)
350 (ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, ETC)
431 (GLOVES AND MITTENS)
464 (BLANKETS)
600 (TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN)
606 (NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN)
607 (OTHER STAPLE FIBER YARN)
621 (IMPRESSION FABRIC)
622 (GLASS FIBER FABRIC)
649 (BRASSIERES AND OTHER BODY SUPPORTING GARMENTS)
650 (ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, ETC.)
670 (FLAT GOODS, HANDBAGS AND LUGGAGE)
800 (SILK BLENDS OR NON-COTTON VEGETABLE FIBER YARN)
810 (WOVEN FABRIC, SILK BLEND AND NON-COTTON
VEGETABLE FIBER)
831 (GLOVES AND MITTENS)
833 (MEN'S AND BOY'S SUIT-TYPE COATS)
834 (OTHER MEN'S AND BOY'S COATS)
835 (WOMEN'S AND GIRL'S COATS)
836 (DRESSES)
838 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES)
840 (SHIRTS AND BLOUSES, NOT KNIT)
842 (SKIRTS)
843 (MEN'S AND BOY'S SUITS)
844 (WOMEN'S AND GIRL'S SUITS)
847 (TROUSERS, BREECHES AND SHORTS)
850 (ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, ETC.)
851 (NIGHTWEAR AND PAJAMAS)
858 (NECKWEAR)
870 (LUGGAGE)
871 (FLATGOODS AND HANDBAGS)
THE FOLLOWING PARTIAL TEXTILE CATEGORIES WILL BE INTEGRATED ON
JANUARY 1, 2002: 331, 359, 369, 459, 469, 631, 659, 666, 669 AND
859.
BASED ON THE 2001 HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES (HTSUS) THE FOLLOWING HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBERS WILL
BE INTEGRATED:
CATEGORY 331 (GLOVES AND MITTENS)
6116101720 6116104810
6116105510 6116107510
6116926410 6116926420
6116926430 6116926440
6116927450 6116927460
6116927470 6116928800
6116929400 6116999510
CATEGORY 359 (OTHER COTTON APPAREL)
6115198010 6117106010
6117209010 6203221000
6204221000 6212900010
6214900010 6505901525
6505901540 6505902060
6505902545
CATEGORY 369 (OTHER COTTON MANUFACTURES)
4202124000 4202128020
4202128060 4202224020
4202224500 4202228030
4202324000 4202329530
4202921500 4202923016
4202926091 5805003000
5807100510 5807900510
6301300010 6301300020
6302511000 6302512000
6302513000 6302514000
6302600010 6302600030
6302910005 6302910025
6302910045 6302910050
6302910060 6303110000
6303910010 6303910020
6304910020 6304920000
6305200000 6306110000
6307101020 6307101090
6307903010 6307904010
6307905010 6307908910
6307908945 6307909905
6307909982 9404901000
9404908040 9404909505
CATEGORY 459 (OTHER WOOL APPAREL)
6115198020 6117101000
6117102010 6117209020
6212900020 6214200000
CATEGORY 469 (OTHER WOOL MANUFACTURES)
6304193040 6304910050
6304991500 6304996010
6308000010
CATEGORY 631 (GLOVES AND MITTENS)
6116101730 6116104820
6116105520 6116107520
6116938800 6116939400
6116994800 6116995400
6116999530
CATEGORY 659 (OTHER MAN-MADE FIBER APPAREL)
6115110010 6115122000
6117102030 6117209030
6212900030 6214300000
6214400000
CATEGORY 666 (OTHER MAN MADE FIBER FURNISHINGS)
5805004010 6301100000
6301400010 6301400020
6301900010 6302530010
6302530020 6302530030
6302931000 6302932000
6303120000 6303190010
6303921000 6303922010
6303922020 6303990010
6304112000 6304191500
6304192000 6304910040
6304930000 6304996020
6307909984 9404908522
9404909522
CATEGORY 669 (OTHER MAN MADE FIBER MANUFACTURES) - THIS CATEGORY
IS NOW FULLY INTEGRATED
5807100520 5807900520
5810929030 6305320010
6305320020 6305330010
6305330020 6305390000
6306120000 6306190010
6306229030 6307903020
6307904020 6307905020
6308000020
CATEGORY 859 (OTHER APPAREL) - THIS CATEGORY IS NOW FULLY
INTEGRATED
6115198040 6117106020
6212105030 6212109040
6212200030 6212300030
6212900090 6214102000
6214900090
ACTION:
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002, EXPORT VISAS FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL
PRODUCTS INTEGRATED IN THE THIRD STAGE AND EXPORTED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 2002, WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED FOR THE CERTAIN
TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS NOTICE AND
MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN A WTO MEMBER COUNTRY. EXPORT VISAS
WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE TEXTILE PRODUCTS IF
EXPORTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2002.
*** NOTE: TAIWAN (TW) WILL BECOME A WTO MEMBER COUNTRY EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2002.
PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION TO PORT DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT PORT
DIRECTORS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS,
BROKERS AND IMPORTERS.
INFORMATION:
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE VISA ARRANGEMENT,
PLEASE CALL SUSAN THOMAS, AT (202) 927-3719, CHERIE PARSONS, AT
(202) 927-7002 OR ROBERT ABELS, AT (202) 927-1959.
/SIGNED JANET L. LABUDA/
FOR ELIZABETH G. DURANT
CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS
CSMS #02-000333