[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70112-70113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33604]


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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

December 14, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 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 published in the Federal Register on November 12, 1998 (63 
FR 63297) requested public comments on CITA's intention to extend 
through December 31, 2000, the current exemption periods for women's 
and girls' (December 23, 1997 through December 22, 1998) and men's and 
boys' (September 23, 1998 through September 22, 1999) ``hymo'' type 
interlinings.
    Effective on December 23, 1998, the exemption period for women's 
and girls' and men's and boys' 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 
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets in Categories 433, 443, 633 
and 643, which are entered under the Special Access Program 
(9802.00.8015), shall be extended for the periods December 23, 1998 
through December 31, 2000 for women's and girls' ; and September 23, 
1998 through December 31, 2000 for men's and boys'.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997). Also see 
62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997; and 63 FR 51903, published 
on September 29, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 14, 1998.

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

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directives issued to you on December 11, 1997 and September 23, 
1998, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. Those directives concern the foreign origin exception 
for findings and trimmings under the Special Access Program.
    Effective on December 23, 1998, by date of export, you are 
directed to extend through December 31, 2000, the amendment to treat 
non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings 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 tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets in 
Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643 as qualifying for 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. Non-U.S. 
formed, U.S.-cut interlinings may be used in imports of women's and 
girls' and men's and boys' suit jackets and suit-type jackets 
entered under the Special Access Program (9802.00.8015) provided 
they are cut

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in the United States and of a type described above.
    The amendment implemented by this directive shall be for the 
periods December 23, 1998 through December 31, 2000 for women's and 
girls' ``hymo'' type interlinings and September 23, 1998 through 
December 31, 2000 for men's and boys' ``hymo'' type interlinings.
    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. 98-33604 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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