Amendment of Extension of Temporary Amendment to the Requirements for Participating in the Special Access Program to Include the Outward Processing Program

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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