98-28855. Increase of a Designated Consultation Level for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28855]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of a Designated Consultation Level for Certain Cotton 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

October 22, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
designated consultation level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
level, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone].

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 Government of the United States has agreed to increase the 
current Designated Consultation Level (DCL) for Categories 338/339/638/
639 to 721,500 dozen. The 1999 DCL for Categories 338/339/638/639 will 
be reduced by 71,500 dozen, the equivalent amount of the increase.
    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). Also see 
62 FR 67836, published on December 30, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 22, 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 December 22, 1997 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 began on January 1, 1998 and 
extends through December 31, 1998. 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 October 28, 1998, you are directed to increase the 
current designated consultation level for Categories 338/339/638/639 
to 721,500 dozen \1\, pursuant to exchange of letters dated December 
5, 1997 and provisions of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement).
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1997.
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    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. 98-28855 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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