[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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