Request for Public Comments on a Request that the United States Consult with Mexico and Canada Concerning Short Supply of a Certain Polyester Filament Yarn

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comments on a Request that the United States

Consult with Mexico and Canada Concerning Short Supply of a Certain

Polyester Filament Yarn

December 22, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Request for public comments concerning a request for

consultations on a certain polyester filament yarn.

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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.

The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that CITA has

been petitioned to initiate consultations with Mexico and Canada under

Section 7(2) of Annex 300-B of the North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) for the purpose of amending the NAFTA rules of origin for HTS

subheading 5806.32 to allow the use of a certain non-North American 70

denier bright polyester filament yarn classified in HTS subheading

5402.43, in NAFTA originating goods.

There will be a 30-day comment period beginning on December 29,

1998 and extending through January 28, 1999. Anyone wishing to comment

or provide data or information regarding domestic production or

availability of this polyester filament yarn classified in HTS

subheading 5402.43 is invited to submit 10 copies of such comments or

information to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.

Comments or information submitted in response to this notice will

be available for public inspection in the Office of Textiles and

Apparel, room H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

The solicitation of comments is not a waiver in any respect of the

exemption contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating to matters which

constitute ``a foreign affairs function of the United States.''

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.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 98-34887 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]

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