[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 98 (Friday, May 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12626]


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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 a Certain Filament Yarn; 
Amendment

May 15, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Walsh, 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 March 1, 2000 (65 FR 
11040) advised the public that CITA had 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 to permit the use of non-North 
American filament viscose rayon yarn classified in HTS headings 
5403.10, 5403.31, 5403.32 and 5403.41 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States in NAFTA originating goods. This notice amends, 
but does not cancel, that notice. The petition has been amended to 
request consultations on the use of non-North American filament yarn 
classified in HTS heading 5403.39 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States, in addition to the four filament viscose rayon yarn 
headings listed in that notice.
    There will be a 30-day comment period beginning on May 19, 2000 and 
extending through June 19, 2000. Anyone wishing to comment or provide 
data or information regarding domestic production or availability of 
filament yarn classified in HTS headings 5403.10, 5403.31, 5403.32, 
5403.39 and 5403.41 is invited to submit 10 copies of such comments or 
information to D. Michael Hutchinson, Acting Chairman, Committee for 
the Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    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.''

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-12626 Filed 5-18-00; 8:45 am]
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