CSMS Message: 98-000100

Title:HUNGARY-VISA STAMP CHANGE
Date:1998-02-04
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : CARLA ZZ-DONOFRIO

SUBJECT : HUNGARY-VISA STAMP CHANGE

DATE : 02/03/98

SPE-2 FO:TC:I:E CDD
CATEGORY: TEX

TO : ALL PORT DIRECTORS, CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT CENTER (CMC)
DIRECTORS AND STRATEGIC TRADE CENTER (STC) DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE

PASS TO : ALL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS,INSPECTORS AND
INTERNATIONAL TRADE SPECIALISTS, BROKERS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT : TBT-98-007 - NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP FOR CERTAIN
TEXTILE PRODUCTS PRODUCED FOR MANUFACTURED IN HUNGARY

COUNTRY : HUNGARY

BACKGROUND:

PURSUANT TO A CITA DIRECTIVE, DATED JANUARY 26, 1998,
EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1998, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY WILL START ISSUING A NEW EXPORT VISA
STAMP FOR SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS, PRODUCED OR
MANUFACTURED IN HUNGARY AND EXPORTED FROM HUNGARY ON OR
AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1998. THERE WILL BE A ONE-MONTH GRACE
PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1998 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 1998
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 MARCH 1, 1998,
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEW EXPORT VISA STAMP.

ACTION:

EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1998, 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 THE MINISTRY
FROM THE "MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE" TO THE "MINISTRY
OF INDUSTRY TRADE AND TOURISM." THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
CHANGE FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW STAMP.

INFORMATION:

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO
CARLA D'ONOFRIO AT (202) 927-0424, BOB DORSETT AT (202) 927-
7002 OR JUNE PERGOLA AT (202) 927-0705.

PHILIP METZGER