CSMS Message: 98-000925

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7125

DATE : 10/08/1998

8279071

OCTOBER 6, 1998

FO:OB:TA JAP

TO : ALL PORT DIRECTORS, IMPORT AND ENTRY SPECIALISTS,
CUSTOMS BROKERS, IMPORTERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7125 OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1998,
MODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIAL TEXTILE AND
APPAREL REGIME IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE ANNEX TO
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7125 SIGNED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1998,
AND PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 63, NO. 183, DATED
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1998. PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7125
MODIFIES CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIAL TEXTILE AND APPAREL
REGIME IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
(NAFTA). THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED
TO REFLECT THESE MODIFICATIONS. PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE AND
THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS).

ACTION:

CHANGES TO THE HTSUS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 7125 ARE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ENTERED, OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 3,
1998.

ANNEX

EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER THE FIFTEENTH DAY AFTER
THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THIS PROCLAMATION, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS") IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING IN
NUMERICAL SEQUENCE IN SUBCHAPTER VI OF CHAPTER 99 THE FOLLOWING
U.S. NOTE, TARIFF SUBHEADINGS AND SUPERIOR TEXT, WITH LANGUAGE
INSERTED IN COLUMNS OF THE HTS HEADED "HEADING/SUBHEADING", '
ARTICLE DESCRIPTION", "RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL", AND "EFFECTIVE
PERIOD", AND WITH THE NEW SUPERIOR TEXT INSERTED AT THE SAME
LEVEL OF INDENTATION AS THE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION IN SUBHEADING
9906.73.02:

U.S. NOTE:
1
"28. FOR PURPOSES OF SUBHEADINGS 9906.98.02 AND
9906.98.03, THE TERM "INTERLINING FABRICS" REFERS
TO THE FOLLOWING:

(A) A CHEST PLATE, "HYMO" PIECE OR "SLEEVE HEADER"
OF WOVEN OR WEFT-INSERTED WARP KNIT
CONSTRUCTION, THE FOREGOING OF COARSE ANIMAL
HAIR OR MAN-MADE FILAMENTS, OF A TYPE USED IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF MEN'S, BOYS', WOMEN'S OR
GIRLS' TAILORED SUIT JACKETS AND SUIT-TYPE
JACKETS;

(B) A WEFT-INSERTED WRAP KNIT FABRIC THAT
CONTAINS AND EXHIBITS PROPERTIES OF
ELASTICITY AND RESILIENCE WHICH RENDER THE
FABRIC ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR ATTACHMENT BY
FUSING WITH A THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE TO THE
COAT-FRONT, SIDE BODY OR BACK OF MEN'S OR
BOYS' TAILORED SUIT JACKETS AND SUIT-TYPE
JACKETS; OR

(C) A WOVEN FABRIC THAT CONTAINS AND EXHIBITS
PROPERTIES OF RESILIENCY WHICH RENDER THE
FABRIC ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR ATTACHMENT BY
FUSING WITH A THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE TO THE
COAT-FRONT, SIDE BODY OR BACK OF MEN'S, BOYS'
, WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' TAILORED SUIT JACKETS AND
SUIT-TYPE JACKETS."

HTS SUBHEADINGS:

"APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO IN WHICH ALL
FABRIC COMPONENTS WERE WHOLLY FORMED AND CUT IN
THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT INTERLINING FABRICS OF A
TYPE DESCRIBED IN U.S. NOTE 28 TO THIS SUBCHAPTER
THAT WERE CUT IN THE UNITED STATES BUT NOT FORMED
THEREIN AND THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN SUCH
ARTICLES, THE FOREGOING OF A TYPE OTHERWISE
DESCRIBED IN HEADING 9802.00.90 OF THE TARIFF
SCHEDULE:
9906.98.02 MEN'S OR BOYS' SUIT-TYPE JACKETS, WHETHER OR
NOT IMPORTED AS PARTS OF SUITS OR ENSEMBLES,
THE FOREGOING OF WOOL OR FINE ANIMAL HAIR OR
OF MAN-MADE FIBERS OR SUBJECT TO WOOL
RESTRAINTS OR TO MAN-MADE FIBER RESRAINTS
(PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADINGS 6103.11.00,
6103.12.10, 6103.12.20, 6103.19.10,
6103.19.15, 6103.19.90, 6103.21.00,
6103.23.00, 6103.29.10, 6103.31.00,
6103.33.10, 6103.33.20, 6103.39.10,
6103.39.80, 6203.11.10, 6203.11.20,
6203.12.10, 6203.12.20, 6203.19.20,
6203.19.30, 6203.19.90, 6203.31.00,
1 6203.33.10, 6203.33.20, 6203.39.10,
6203.39.20, ORC 6203.39.90)...........

THE RATE OF DUTY IS FREE (MX) ON OR BEFORE
08/31/99

9906.98.03 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' SUIT-TYPE JACKETS, WHETHER
OR NOT IMPORTED AS PARTS OF SUITS OR
ENSEMBLES, THE FOREGOING OF WOOL OR FINE
ANIMAL HAIR OR OF MAN-MADE FIBERS OR SUBJECT
TO WOOL RESTRAINTS OR TO MAN-MADE FIBER
RESRAINTS (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADINGS
6104.11.00, 6104.13.10, 6104.13.20,
6104.19.10, 6104.19.15, 6104.19.80,
6104.21.00, 6104.23.00, 6104.29.10,
6104.29.20, 6104.31.00, 6104.33.10,
6104.33.20, 6104.39.10, 6104.39.20,
6204.11.00, 6204.13.10, 6204.13.20,
6204.19.10, 6204.19.20, 6204.19.80,
6204.21.00, 6204.23.00, 6204.29.20,
6204.29.40, 6204.31.10, 6204.31.20,
6204.33.10, 6204.33.20, 6204.33.40,
6204.33.50, 6204.39.20, 6204.39.30,
OR 6204.39.80)........................

THE RATE OF DUTY IS FREE (MX) ON OR BEFORE
08/31/99"

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MR. ROBERT
DORSETT AT (202) 927-7002.

JOYCE METZGER
/S/