[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26171]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Request for Public Comments on Government of Colombia Request to 
Consult with the United States on Non-Textured Polyester Filament Yarn

September 25, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Dulka, Director, Industry 
Assessment Division, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4058.

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).

    The Customs, Tariffs and Foreign Trade Committee of Colombia (AAA 
Committee) has stated that there was a substantial and ongoing increase 
in imports of non-textured polyester filament yarn (Tariff Heading 
5402.43.00) which was causing serious damage to the Colombian industry 
during the period June 1997 through May 1998, and that damage was 
attributable to imports from Korea, the United States, Malaysia, 
Thailand and Taiwan.
    On August 17, 1998, under Article 6 of the Uruguay Round Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the AAA Committee requested 
consultations with the Government of the United States with respect to 
non-textured polyester filament yarn, produced or manufactured in the 
United States and exported to Colombia. The Government of Colombia 
proposes to establish a one-year quantitative restraint for U.S. 
imports of this product at a level of 588.79 metric tons (588,790 
kilograms).
    Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding 
these consultations, particularly with regard to the export of non-
textured polyester filament yarn to Colombia, is invited to submit 10 
copies of such comments or information to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.
    As consultation may occur soon, comments should be submitted as 
soon as possible, preferably by October 12, 1998. Comments or 
information submitted in response to this notice will be available for 
public inspection in the Office of Textiles and Apparel, room H3100, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, D.C.
    Further comments may be invited regarding particular comments or 
information received from the public which the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further 
consideration.
    The solicitation of comments regarding any aspect of the 
implementation of an agreement is not a waiver in any respect of the 
exemption contained in 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1) relating to matters which 
constitute ``a foreign affairs function of the United States.''
    Should a solution be reached in consultations with the Government 
of Colombia, further notice will be published in the Federal Register.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.98-26171 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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