[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32422]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Amendment of Extension of Temporary Amendment to the Requirements 
for Participating in the Special Access Program to Include the Outward 
Processing Program

December 9, 1999.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
extension of amendment of requirements for participation in the Special 
Access Program to include the Outward Processing Program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

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 December 18, 1998 (63 
FR 70112), amended on December 24, 1998 (64 FR 149, published on 
January 4, 1999), extended 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, 435, 443, 444, 
633, 635, 643 and 644, which are entered under the Special Access 
Program, 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'. See also 61 FR 49439, published on September 
20, 1996, as amended.
    Effective on January 1, 2000, that directive is being amended to 
include goods covered under the Outward Processing Program (see related 
notice concerning implementation of the Outward Processing Program 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register).
    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).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 9, 1999.

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 14, 1998 and December 24, 
1998, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. Those directives concern the foreign origin exception 
for findings and trimmings in Categories 433, 435, 443, 444, 633, 
635, 643 and 644 under the Special Access Program and extend the 
amendment 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. See also directive dated September 16, 1996 (61 FR 
49439), as amended.
    Effective on January 1, 2000, you are directed to include goods 
covered under the Outward Processing Program detailed in the 
directive concerning implementation of the Outward Processing 
Program published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register in 
the exceptions detailed in the aforementioned directives.
    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. 99-32422 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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