CSMS Message: 99-000746

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : JOHN PIERCE

SUBJECT : Suit-Type Jackets from MX

DATE : 09/07/1999

DATE: SEP 7, 1999

FO:TP:IA JAP

TO : DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS AND
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS

SUBJECT: EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TEXTILE AND APPAREL
REGIME IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT

PASS TO : NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, IMPORT AND ENTRY SPECIALISTS
INSPECTORS, BROKERS, IMPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1998, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED PROCLAMATION 7125, WHICH
PROVIDED, FOR THE PERIOD OF 1 YEAR, DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR SUIT-TYPE
JACKETS IMPORTED FROM MEXICO CONTAINING INTERLINING FABRIC THAT WAS
CUT BUT NOT FORMED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT
AFFORDED SUIT-TYPE JACKETS IMPORTED FROM MEXICO CONTAINING INTERLINING
FABRIC THAT WAS CUT BUT NOT FORMED IN THE UNITED STATES WAS
SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1999.

THE PRESIDENT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
(USTR) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT AFFORDED THE ABOVE
REFERENCED GOODS FOR A PERIOD OF 1 ADDITIONAL YEAR AFTER OBTAINING
ADVICE FROM THE APPROPRIATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED UNDER
SECTION 135 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (19 U.S.C. 2155).

PURSUANT TO USTR'S FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999
DUTY-FREE TARIFF TREATMENT PROCLAIMED IN PROCLAMATION 7125 FOR
SUIT-TYPE JACKETS IMPORTED FROM MEXICO CONTAINING INTERLINING FABRIC
THAT WAS CUT BUT NOT FORMED IN THE UNITED STATES IS EXTENDED FOR 1
ADDITIONAL YEAR. THIS ACTION IS EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS
ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER
12:00 A.M. EDT SEPTEMBER 1, 1999, AND WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M. EDT
AUGUST 31, 2000.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JOHN PIERCE,
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, AT (202) 927-1249.

ELIZABETH G. DURANT
(SIGNED)

CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS
ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD PROGRAMS