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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 241 / Friday, December 16, 2005 / Notices
on January 1, 2006, entry into the Customs
territory of the United States (i.e., the 50
states, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) for
consumption and withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool,
man-made fiber, silk blend and other
vegetable fiber textile products in the
categories and HTS numbers 6111.20.6050,
6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050 subject to the
agreed levels of restraint under the terms of
the MOU, produced or manufactured in
China and exported on or after January 1,
2006 for which the Government of China has
not transmitted an appropriate ELVIS
(Electronic Visa Information System)
transmission fully described below. Should a
category, including a merged category, or part
category, be added to or modified in the
MOU, the additional or modified category
shall also be included in the coverage of this
arrangement.
Baby socks in HTS numbers 6111.20.6050,
6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050 shall be
counted in dozen pairs for quota and ELVIS
purposes. These baby socks are subject to the
quota level for 332/432/632-T and the
sublevel for 332/432/632-B but the correct
category designation 239 will be required at
the time of entry for quota and ELVIS
purposes.
An ELVIS message must accompany each
commercial shipment of the aforementioned
textile products.
A. Each ELVIS message will include the
following information:
i. The visa number. The visa number shall
be in the standard nine digit letter format,
beginning with one numeric digit
corresponding to the last digit of the year of
export, followed by the two character alpha
country code specified by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) (the
code for China is ‘‘CN’’), and ending with a
six digit numerical serial number identifying
the shipment; e.g., 6CN123456. The first digit
after the ISO code should not be a ‘‘9’’.
ii. The date of issuance. The date of
issuance shall be the day, month and year on
which the visa was issued.
iii. The correct category(s), part category(s),
merged category(s), quantity(s) and unit(s) of
quantity in the shipment as set forth in the
U.S. Department of Commerce Correlation
and in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, annotated or successor
documents. e.g., ‘‘Cat 340/640-510 dz. ’’.
Products covered by a merged agreed level
must be accompanied by either a
transmission referring to the merged category
or by a transmission referring to the specific
category corresponding to the actual
shipment (e.g., if the shipment consists of
both Category 340 and Category 640
merchandise, it may be transmitted as ‘‘340/
640’’, if the shipment consists solely of
Category 340 merchandise, it may be
transmitted as ‘‘Category 340’’, but not as
‘‘Category 640’’). Quantities must be stated in
whole numbers. Decimals or fractions will
not be accepted.
iv. The manufacturer ID number (MID). The
MID shall begin with ‘‘CN’’ followed by the
first three characters from each of the first
two words (of the English rendition) of the
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name of the entity performing the originconferring operations, followed by the largest
number on the address line of the entity up
to the first four digits, followed by the first
three letters from the city name where the
entity is located.
B. Entry of a shipment shall not be
permitted:
i. if an ELVIS transmission has not been
received for the shipment from China;
ii. if the ELVIS transmission for that
shipment is missing any of the following:
a. visa number
b. category, part category, or merged
category
c. quantity
d. unit of quantity
e. date of issuance
f. manufacturer ID number
iii. if the ELVIS transmission for the
shipment does not match the information
supplied by the importer or the Customs
broker acting as an agent on behalf of the
importer with regard to any of the following:
a. visa number
b. category, part category, or merged
category
c. unit of quantity
iv. if the quantity being entered is greater
than the quantity transmitted.
v. if the visa number has previously been
used, except in the case of a split shipment,
or canceled.
C. A new, correct ELVIS transmission
from China is required before a shipment
that has been denied entry for one of the
circumstances mentioned in paragraph B.iv will be released.
D. If the quantity in the ELVIS
transmission is greater than that of the
shipment, the United States shall permit
entry and shall charge only the amount
entered against any applicable level.
E. Shipments will not be released for
forty-eight hours or 2 calendar days in the
event of a system failure. If system failure
exceeds forty-eight hours or 2 calendar days,
for the remaining period of the system
failure, CBP will only release shipments on
the basis of the visa data provided by the
Ministry of Commerce. If the Ministry of
Commerce is able to provide that data by
some means other than an ELVIS
transmission. The Ministry of Commerce
shall promptly retransmit all data that was
affected by the system failure when the
system is functioning normally.
F. If a shipment from China has been
allowed entry into the commerce of the
United States with an incorrect ELVIS
transmission, or no ELVIS transmission, and
the importer does not comply with a CBP
request to redeliver the shipment to CBP,
CBP will charge the correct quantity and
category of the shipment against the
appropriate agreed level.
Other Provisions.
A. The date of export is the actual date
the merchandise finally leaves the country of
origin. For merchandise exported by carrier,
this is the day on which the carrier last
departs the country of origin.
B. Merchandise imported for the personal
use of the importer and not for resale,
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regardless of value, and properly marked
commercial sample shipments valued at
U.S.$800 or less, do not require an ELVIS
transmission for entry and shall not be
charged to agreement levels.
In carrying out the above direction, the
Commissioner should construe the term
‘‘customs territory of the United States’’ to
include only the 50 States, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico.CITA has
determined that this action falls within the
foreign affairs exception of the rulemaking
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE:
11 am, Friday, January
13, 2006.
1155 21st St., NW., Washington,
DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference
Room.
PLACE:
STATUS:
Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Surveillance
Matters.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05–24182 Filed 12–14–05; 11:09
am]
BILLING CODE 6351–01–M
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE:
11 am, Friday, January
6, 2006.
1155 21st St., NW., Washington,
DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference
Room.
PLACE:
STATUS:
Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Surveillance
Matters.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05–24183 Filed 12–14–05; 11:09
am]
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
Time and Date: 11 am, Friday, January 6, 2006.
Place: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, DC, 9th Floor Commission
Conference Room.
Status: Closed.
Matters to be Considered: Surveillance Matters.
Contact Person for More Information: Jean A. Webb, 202-418-5100.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-24183 Filed 12-14-05; 11:09 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-M
