[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49206-49207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24869]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Extension of Temporary Amendment to the Requirements for 
Participating in the Special Access Progam for Caribbean Basin 
Countries

September 15, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs extending 
amendment of requirements for participation in the Special Access 
Program for a temporary period.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    A notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs published in the 
Federal Register on September 20, 1996 (61 FR 49439) announced the 
temporary amendment to the foreign origin exception for findings and 
trimmings under the Special Access Program. By date of export, the 
foreign origin exception for findings and trimmings, including elastic 
strips of less than one inch in width, under the Special Access Program 
were temporarily amended to include non-U.S. formed, U.S. cut 
interlinings for the period September 23, 1996 through September 22, 
1997 for men's and boys' suit jackets and suit-type jackets in 
Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643. In the aggregate, such interlinings, 
findings and trimmings must not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the 
components of the assembled article. This amendment is being extended 
for a six-month period beginning on September 23, 1997 and extending 
through March 22, 1998 for men's and boys' suit jackets and suit-type 
jackets in Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643 entered under the Special 
Access Program (9802.00.8015) provided they are cut in the United 
States and are of a type described below:
    (1) A chest type plate, ``hymo'' piece or ``sleeve header'' of 
woven or welf-inserted warp knit construction of coarse animal hair or 
man-made filaments used in the manufacture of men's or boys' tailored 
suit jackets and suit-type jackets;
    (2) A weft-inserted warp knit fabric which contains and exhibits 
properties of elasticity and resilience which render the fabric 
especially suitable for attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic 
adhesive to the coat-front, side body or back of men's or boys' 
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
    (3) A woven fabric which contains and exhibits properties of 
resiliency which render the fabric especially suitable for attachment 
by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhesive to the coat-front, side body 
or back of men's or boys' tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 15, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends but does not cancel the 
directive issued to you on September 16, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns the foreign origin exception for findings and 
trimmings under the Special Access Program.
    Effective on September 23, 1997, by date of export, you are 
directed to extend, for the six-month period September 23, 1997 
through March 22, 1998, the amendment to treat non-U.S. formed, 
U.S.-cut interlinings, further described below, for men's and boys' 
wool and man-made fiber suit jackets and suit-type jackets in 
Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643 as qualifying for the exception for 
findings and trimmings, including elastic strips less than one inch 
in width, created under the Special Access Program established 
effective September 1, 1986 (see 51 FR 21208). In the aggregate, 
such interlinings, findings and trimmings must not exceed 25 percent 
of the cost of the components of the assembled article.
    The amendment implemented by this directive shall be of a 
temporary nature. The amendment will terminate on March 22, 1998, by 
date of export.
    As described above, non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings may 
be used in imports of men's or boys' suit jackets and suit-type

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jackets entered under the Special Access Program (9802.00.8015) 
provided they are cut in the United States and of a type described 
below:
    (1) A chest plate, ``hymo'' piece or ``sleeve header'' of woven 
or weft-inserted warp knit construction of coarse animal hair or 
man-made filaments used in the manufacture of nen's or boys' 
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets;
    (2) A weft-inserted warp knit fabric which contains and exhibits 
properties of elasticity and resilience which render the fabric 
especially suitable for attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic 
adhesive to the coat-front, side body or back of men's or boys' 
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
    (3) A woven fabric which contains and exhibits properties of 
resiliency which render the fabric especially suitable for 
attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhesive to the coat-
front, side body or back of men's or boys' tailored suit jackets and 
suit-type jackets.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-24869 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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