[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7484]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of a Designated Consultation Level for Certain Cotton 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

March 22, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
Designated Consultation Level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
level, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

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 1999 Designated Consultation Level (DCL) for Categories 338/
339/638/639 is being increased to recredit part of the 1998 DCL 
increase which was not used.
    The level does not apply to NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and 
Annex 401 of the agreement. In addition, this consultation level does 
not apply to textile and apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico 
from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported 
from and re-imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 
9802.00.90.
    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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998). Also see 
63 FR 53880, published on October 7, 1998.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 22, 1999.

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 30, 1998 by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Mexico and 
exported during the period which begins on January 1, 1999 and 
extends through December 31, 1999. The levels established in that 
directive do not apply to NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 
and Annex 401 of NAFTA or to goods assembled in Mexico from fabrics 
wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported from and re-
imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    Effective on March 26, 1999, you are directed to increase the 
1999 Designated Consultation Level for Categories 338/339/638/639 to 
601,629 dozen \1\ pursuant to exchange of letters dated December 5, 
1997 and provisions of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement).
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1998.
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    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. 99-7484 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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