| Title: | ELVIS REQUIREMENTS- BD(PART II |
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| Date: | 1999-12-17 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : HQ QUOTA
SUBJECT : ELVIS REQUIREMENTS- BD(PART II
)ATE : 12/17/1999
BOARD: OTO4
POSTED BY: HQ QUOTA
RETENTION: 999
0349093
DECEMBER 15, 1999
CATEGORY: TEX
TO: ALL PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
RE: VBT-99-1: "CONSOLIDATION AND AMENDMENT OF EXPORT VISA
REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE THE ELECTRONIC VISA INFORMATION
SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN COTTON, WOOL, MAN-MADE FIBER, SILK
BLEND AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBER TEXTILES AND TEXTILE
PRODUCTS PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED IN BANGLADESH"
PASS TO: ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALIST(S),
IMPORT SPECIALISTS, CUSTOMS OFFICERS SUCH AS INSPECTORS,
ENTRY SUPERVISORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS
BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
(PART II OF II)
BANGLADESHI ITEMS
THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE UNIQUELY AND HISTORICALLY TRADITIONAL
BANGLADESHI PRODUCTS. ALL THESE ITEMS MENTIONED IN THIS LIST ARE
MADE FROM WOVEN FABRIC. ADDITIONAL ITEMS MAY BE INCLUDED AFTER
CONSULTATIONS AND MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS.
EMBROIDERED ANKLE LENGTH LOOSE FITTING DRESS WITH EMBROIDERY
KAFTAN AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM WITH SIDE SLITS OF ABOUT 18
INCHES FROM THE LOWER HEM AND WITH TRADITIONAL
BANGLADESHI HAND EMBROIDERY OR HAND BATIK PRINTING.
PANJABI THIS IS A MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRT TYPE GARMENT MADE
FROM COTTON OR MAN-MADE FABRIC, PLAIN OR COLORED,
HAND EMBROIDERED, OR PRINTED, OR BATIK DECORATED, OR
BATIK PRINTED, WITHOUT COLLAR AND WITH HALF OR FULL
SLEEVE, WITH PARTIAL FRONT OPENING WITH OR WITHOUT
BUTTONS. THE TAILS EXTEND FROM FINGER TIP TO KNEE.
THIS IS A TYPICAL MUSLIM CEREMONIAL DRESS OF
BANGLADESHI MEN AND BOYS AND HAS BEEN USED FROM
ANCIENT TIMES FOR MUSLIM FESTIVALS.
BELL-SLEEVE A WOMEN'S GARMENT TRADITIONALLY USED BY
EVENING BANGLADESHI WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR COVERING UPPER
BLOUSE PART OF THE BODY AND TRADITIONALLY WORN UNDER A SARI,
MADE FROM COTTON OR MAN-MADE FABRIC, PATTERNED OR
PLAIN, EMBROIDERED OR PRINTED. A SHORT, TIGHT
FITTING BLOUSE ENDING ABOVE THE WAIST WITH UNTAPERED
HALF SLEEVE WITHOUT COLLAR. THIS IS A WOMEN'S
FOLKLORE BLOUSE, HAVING A LONG BANGLADESHI TRADITION.
SALWAR PLAIN OR DESIGNED OR PRINTED, LOOSE FITTING TROUSERS
SECURED WITH DRAWSTRING OR HOOKS WITH LEGS THAT ARE
STRAIGHT OR BAGGY WITH EXTRA FULLNESS AT THE THIGHS
MADE FROM COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBER FABRICS,
TRADITIONALLY WORN WITH KAMEEZ. MUST BE IMPORTED
WITH A KAMEEZ, AND, IF FOR WOMEN OR GIRLS, WITH A
DOPATTA.
KAMEEZ LONG TUNIC, UNTAPERED, PLAIN OR PRINTED OR
EMBROIDERED, HALF, THREE QUARTER, OR FULL SLEEVE,
MADE FROM COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBER FABRIC
TRADITIONALLY WORN WITH SALWAR WITH LENGTH DOWN TO
KNEE LEVEL, WITH PARTIAL OPENING WITH BUTTON IN FRONT
OR BACK. MUST BE IMPORTED WITH A SALWAR, AND, IF FOR
WOMEN OR GIRLS, WITH A DOPATTA.
DOPATTA A LONG SCARF MEASURING FROM 72 TO 120 INCHES LONG AND
36 TO 40 INCHES WIDE TRADITIONALLY WORN BY MUSLIM
WOMEN OR GIRLS IN BANGLADESH WITH SALWAR AND KAMEEZ.
MUST BE IMPORTED WITH A SALWAR AND KAMEEZ.
LUNGI A TRADITIONAL GARMENT WORN AS OUTERWEAR FROM
WAIST-DOWN TO ANKLE, 45 TO 50 INCHES IN WIDTH AND
HAVING A CIRCUMFERENCE OF 70 TO 80 INCHES, IN TUBULAR
FORM, MADE FROM COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBER FABRIC.
BORKA A LOOSE OVERALL, TWO PIECE GARMENT DRESS, ANKLE
LENGTH, WITH HOOD PORTION CONTAINING VEIL FOR
COVERING FACE WORN BY MUSLIM WOMEN AND GIRLS OF
BANGLADESH WHEN GOING OUT OF THE HOUSE. MADE FROM
COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBER OF A SOLID COLOR, WITH A
FULL FRONT OPENING WITH BUTTONS.
KURTA A MEN'S OR BOYS' SHIRT TYPE GARMENT SIMILAR TO A
PANJABI, OF MID-THIGH LENGTH OF COTTON OR MAN-MADE
FIBER FABRIC, WITH NO COLLAR OR A ONE INCH STAND UP
COLLAR, WITH FULL OR HALF SLEEVES, WITH A PARTIAL
FRONT OPENING WITH OR WITHOUT BUTTONS.
BATWA SMALL DRAWSTRING POUCHES USED BY WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR
CARRYING BETEL NUT AND SMALL PERSONAL THINGS.
PRINTED OR HAND EMBROIDERED.
NAKSHI TRADITIONAL HAND STITCHED, EXTENSIVELY HAND
KANTHA EMBROIDERED, WALL HANGING WITH A DESIGN DEPICTING
RURAL LIFE OR FOLKLORE MOTIFS MADE FROM COTTON, SILK,
OR MAN-MADE FIBERS.
BATIK WALL CUT PIECES OF COTTON, SILK, OR MAN-MADE FIBER
HANGINGS FABRIC THAT HAVE BEEN PRINTED USING THE BATIK PROCESS
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TELEX, CONTACT TERRIE
MOBLEY AT (202) 927-5385 OR ERIN RILEY AT (202) 927-0292 IN THE
QUOTA/VISA MANAGEMENT BRANCH.
/S/
JOYCE METZGER FOR
ELIZABETH G. DURANT