[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17315]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Extension of Temporary Amendment to the Requirements for
Participating in the Special Access Progam for Caribbean Basin
Countries
June 26, 1997.
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: June 23, 1997.
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: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1854).
A notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs published in the
Federal Register on September 20, 1996 (61 FR 49439) 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
were temporarily amended to include non-U.S. formed, U.S. cut
interlinings for the period September 23, 1996 through June 22, 1997
for women's and girls' suit jackets and suit-type jackets in Categories
435, 444, 635 and 644. This amendment is being extended for a six-month
period beginning on June 23, 1997 and extending through December 22,
1997 for women's and girls' suit jackets and suit-type jackets 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 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 women's or girls'
tailored suit jackets and suit-type jacksts;
(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 women's or girls' tailored suit jackets and suit-type
jackets.
Note that the amendment is not being extended for weft-inserted
warp knit fabric which contains and exhibits properties of elasticity
and resilience which render the fabric especially suitable for
attachement by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhensive to the coat-
front, side body or back of women's or girls' tailored suit jackets and
suit-type jackets. These interlinings must be formed and cut in the
United States.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 26, 1997.
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 16, 1996, 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 June 23, 1997, by date of export, you are directed
to extend, for the six-month period June 23, 1997 through December
22, 1997, the amendment to treat non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut
interlinings, further described below, for women's and girls' wool
and man-made fiber suit jackets and suit-type jackets in Categories
435, 444, 635 and 644 as qualifying for the exception for findings
and trimmings, including elastic strips less than one inch in width,
created under the Special Access Program established 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. With respect to women's and girls' suit jackets
and suit-type jackets in Categories 435, 444, 635 and 644, the
amendment will terminate on December 22, 1997, by date of export.
As described above, non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings may
be used in imports of women's or girls' 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 chest plate, ``hymo'' piece or ``sleeve header'' of woven
or weft-inserted warp knit construction of coarse animal hair or
man-made filaments used in the manufacture of women's or girls'
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 women's or girls' tailored suit jackets
and suit-type jackets.
This amendment is not being extended for 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 women's or girls' tailored suit jackets
and suit-type jackets. These interlinings must be formed and cut in
the United States.
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. 97-17315 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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