[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51903-51904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26063]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

September 23, 1998.
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, 1998.

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

    A notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs published in the 
Federal Register on March 24, 1998 (63 FR 14071) 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 
was temporarily amended to include non-U.S. formed, U.S. cut 
interlinings for the period March 22, 1998 through September 22, 1998 
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 the 
final time for the period beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending 
through December 31, 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 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.

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    (2) 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.
    Also, this amendment is being extended for 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, for the one-year 
period beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending through September 
22, 1999.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 23, 1998.

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 March 20, 1998, 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, 1998, by date of export, you are 
directed to extend, for the final time for the period beginning on 
September 23, 1998 and extending through December 31, 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 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 December 31, 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 
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 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.
    (2) 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.
    Also, you are directed to extend this amendment for the one-year 
period, beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending through 
September 22, 1999, for 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.
    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. 98-26063 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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