[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33925]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Decrease of a Designated Consultation Level for Certain Cotton
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico
December 16, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs decreasing a
designated consultation level.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 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 for Categories 338/339/638/
639 is being decreased to account for the increase applied to the 1998
level.
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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).
Information regarding the 1999 CORRELATION will be published in the
Federal Register at a later date. 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
December 16, 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 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 January 1, 1999, you are directed to decrease the
1999 designated consultation level for Categories 338/339/638/639 to
578,500 dozen, pursuant to exchange of letters dated December 5,
1997 and provisions of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement).
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. 98-33925 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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