[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51903-51904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26063]
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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
September 23, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs extending
amendment of requirements for participation in the Special Access
Program for a temporary period.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 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 and letter to the Commissioner of Customs published in the
Federal Register on March 24, 1998 (63 FR 14071) announced the
temporary amendment to the foreign origin exception for findings and
trimmings under the Special Access Program. By date of export, the
foreign origin exception for findings and trimmings, including elastic
strips of less than one inch in width, under the Special Access Program
was temporarily amended to include non-U.S. formed, U.S. cut
interlinings for the period March 22, 1998 through September 22, 1998
for men's and boys' suit jackets and suit-type jackets in Categories
433, 443, 633 and 643. In the aggregate, such interlinings, findings
and trimmings must not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components
of the assembled article. This amendment is being extended for the
final time for the period beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending
through December 31, 1998 for men's and boys' suit jackets and suit-
type jackets in Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643 entered under the
Special Access Program (9802.00.8015) provided they are cut in the
United States and are of a type described below:
(1) A weft-inserted warp knit fabric which contains and exhibits
properties of elasticity and resilience which render the fabric
especially suitable for attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic
adhesive to the coat-front, side body or back of men's or boys'
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
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(2) A woven fabric which contains and exhibits properties of
resiliency which render the fabric especially suitable for attachment
by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhesive to the coat-front, side body
or back of men's or boys' tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
Also, this amendment is being extended 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 men's or boys' tailored suit jackets, for the one-year
period beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending through September
22, 1999.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 23, 1998.
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 March 20, 1998, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns the foreign origin exception for findings and
trimmings under the Special Access Program.
Effective on September 23, 1998, by date of export, you are
directed to extend, for the final time for the period beginning on
September 23, 1998 and extending through December 31, 1998, the
amendment to treat non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings, further
described below, for men's and boys' wool and man-made fiber suit
jackets and suit-type jackets in Categories 433, 443, 633 and 643 as
qualifying for the 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.
The amendment implemented by this directive shall be of a
temporary nature. The amendment will terminate on December 31, 1998,
by date of export.
As described above, non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings may
be used in imports of men's or boys' suit jackets and suit-type
jackets entered under the Special Access Program (9802.00.8015)
provided they are cut in the United States and of a type described
below:
(1) A weft-inserted warp knit fabric which contains and exhibits
properties of elasticity and resilience which render the fabric
especially suitable for attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic
adhesive to the coat-front, side body or back of men's or boys'
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
(2) A woven fabric which contains and exhibits properties of
resiliency which render the fabric especially suitable for
attachment by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhesive to the coat-
front, side body or back of men's or boys' tailored suit jackets and
suit-type jackets.
Also, you are directed to extend this amendment for the one-year
period, beginning on September 23, 1998 and extending through
September 22, 1999, 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 men's
or boys' tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.
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. 98-26063 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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