[ GTEB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 001, S. OF 1999, January 07, 1999 ]

U.S. TEXTILE VISAS NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR QUOTA ELIMINATED (INTEGRATED) PRODUCTS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 01, 1999



1.         Please be informed that effective 01 January 1999, all Philippine garments & textile exports where quotas were eliminated (integrated), as enumerated below will no longer require textile visa upon entry into the United States.

The following are the products/categories that will not require textile visa to the U.S.

A. Whole Categories For Which Visas Will No Longer Be Required

Category

Description

 

 

229

Special purpose fabric

239

Babies' garments, except diapers

330

Handkerchiefs

349

Brassieres and other body supporting garments

353

Men's and boys' down-filled coats

354

Women's and girls' down-filled coats

432

Hosiery

439

Babies garments and clothing accessories

465

Floor coverings

630

Handkerchiefs

632

Hosiery

653

Men's and boys' down-filled coats

654

Women's and girls' down-filled coats

665

Floor coverings

832

Hosiery

839

Babies' garments and clothing accessories

899

Other silk blend and vegetable fiber (SBOV) manufactures

B. Part Categories For Which Visas Will No Longer Be Required

Part Category

Description

 

 

359-pt

Cotton leg warmers in HTS heading 6406

369-pt

Cotton wadding in HTS Chapters 56, floor coverings in HTS Chapter 57, & cotton footwear parts in HTS  Chapter 64

459-pt

Wool footwear and leg warmers in HTS Chapter 64

469-pt

Wool wadding and floor covering underlays in  HTS Chapter 56 and parts of footwear in HTS Chapter 64

659-pt

Manmade fiber leg warmers in HTS Chapter 64

669-pt

Manmade fiber wadding and cordage in HTS Chapter 56

859-pt

SBOV: All items except pantyhose and tights, shawls scarves, and mufflers, brassieres, girdles, corsets, suspenders and braces

2.         This Office shall still issue the Textile Export Clearance (TEC) for all the above products before any shipment is effected.

3.         Submission of Bill of Lading/Airwaybill in accordance with the rules shall be required for monitoring purposes.

Adopted: 07 Jan. 1999

(SGD.) FELICITAS R. AGONCILLO-REYES
Executive Director