[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34887]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Request for Public Comments on a Request that the United States 
Consult with Mexico and Canada Concerning Short Supply of a Certain 
Polyester Filament Yarn

December 22, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Request for public comments concerning a request for 
consultations on a certain polyester filament yarn.

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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.

    The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that CITA has 
been petitioned to initiate consultations with Mexico and Canada under 
Section 7(2) of Annex 300-B of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA) for the purpose of amending the NAFTA rules of origin for HTS 
subheading 5806.32 to allow the use of a certain non-North American 70 
denier bright polyester filament yarn classified in HTS subheading 
5402.43, in NAFTA originating goods.
    There will be a 30-day comment period beginning on December 29, 
1998 and extending through January 28, 1999. Anyone wishing to comment 
or provide data or information regarding domestic production or 
availability of this polyester filament yarn classified in HTS 
subheading 5402.43 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, DC 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.
    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, DC.
    The solicitation of comments 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.''
    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). 
Information regarding the 1999 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-34887 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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