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Advice on Providing Temporary 

· Duty-Free Entry For Certain Suit!:; and 

Suit-Type Jackets From Mexic:o 

Publication 3012 

Report to the President on 

Investigation No. 332-373 

Note.-This report_ is a declassified version of the 

confidential probable effect advice report submitted to 

the President on January 15, 1997. 

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Washington, DC 20436 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSIO!'ii,l 

COMMISSIONERS 

Marcia E. Miller, Chairman 

Lynn M. Bragg, Vice Chairman 

Don E. Newquist 

Carol T. Crawford 

Janet A. Nuzum 

Address all communications to 

Secretary to the Commission 

United States International Trade Commission 

Washington, DC 20436 
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U.S. International Trade Commission 

Washington, DC 20436 

Advice on Providing Temporary Duty-Free 

Entry for Certain Suits and Suit-Type 

Jackets From Mexico 

January 1997 
Robert A. Rogowsky 

Director of Operations 

Vern Simpson 

Director of Industries 

Project Staff 

Mary Elizabeth Sweet, Project Leader 

Jackie W. Jones 

Sundar Shetty 

Linda Link.ins 

Primary Reviewers 

Sylvia McDonough 

Karen Laney-Cummings 

With Assistance from 

Office of Information Services 
CONTENTS 

Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 

Purpose of the report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Product description and uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

fudustry overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Views of interested parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Probable economic effects of the proposed action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Appendixes 

A. Request letter from the United States Trade Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 

B. U.S. futernational Trade Commission's response letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 

C. U.S. futernational Trade Commission's Federal Register notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 

Table 1. Wool and manmade-fiber suits and suit-type jackets: Estimated U.S. producers' 

shipments, total U.S. imports for consumption, and U.S. imports from Mexico, total and under 

heading 9802.00.90, 1995, and January-September 1995 and 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

Note.--This report is a declassified version of the 

confidential probable effect advice report 

submitted to the President on January 15, 1997. 

All confidential information, including all 

business proprietary information, has been 

removed and replaced with"***." 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

On November 21, 1996, the U.S. International Trade Commission received a letter from the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) requesting that the Commission conduct a 332 investigation to provide 

advice on the probable effect of providing temporary duty-free entry for certain suits and suit-type jackets 

from Mexico containing certain imported interlining fabrics, provided that the fabrics have been cut in the 

United States and the garments otherwise meet the criteria of heading 9802.00.90. USTR requested that the 

Commission provide advice as to the probable effect of such action on affected segments of the U.S. textile 

and apparel industries, workers in these industries, and consumers of the affected goods. The proposed 

action is to be on a temporary basis to allow domestic firms time to develop and test the interlining fabrics. 

Presidential Proclamation 6641, which implements The North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), established heading 9802.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS), which affords duty- and 

quota-free entry for apparel and other textile goods assembled in Mexico from fabrics wholly formed and cut 

in the United States. The recent loss of domestic supply of certain interlining fabrics used in the assembly of 

suits and suit-type jackets in Mexico will preclude U.S. firms from entering the garments under the provision. 

U.S. textile and apparel industry officials have asked that the President authorize temporary duty-free entry 

for suits and suit-type jackets from Mexico containing imported interlining fabrics, provided that the fabrics 

are cut in the United States and that the garments otherwise meet the criteria of heading 9802.00.90. 

In its report the Commission noted the following findings: 

• Commission staff assessed the impact of the proposed action and determined that the temporary dutyfree treatment would essentially maintain the status quo and thus not affect U.S. shipments of the subject 

domestically produced suit coats, associated U.S. employment, and prices to consumers. 

• Industry sources stated that U.S. firms are expected to be producing one of the interlining fabrics in 

January 1997 and all of the subject interlinings by June 1997. 

• hnports of the subject garments under heading 9802.00.90 increased 90 percent during the first 9 months 

of 1996 compared with the comparable period of 1995. However, these 9802 imports accounted for only 

about 25 percent of total imports of suits and suit-type jackets from Mexico during the 1996 period. 

Most of the subject garment imports are dutiable at preferential NAFTA rates. 

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PURPOSE OF THE REPORT1 

The U.S. International Trade Commission instituted this investigation, No. 332-373, Advice on 

Providing Temporary Duty-Free Entry for Certain Suits and Suit-Type Jackets from Mexico, under section 

332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), on November 26, 1996, following receipt, on 

November 21, 1996, of a letter from the United States Trade Representative (USTR). USTR's letter 

requested that the Commission initiate the investigation under section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 for the 

purpose of providing advice on the probable effect of granting temporary duty-free entry for suits and suittype jackets from Mexico containing certain imported interlining fabrics, provided that the fabrics have been 

cut in the United States and the garments otherwise meet the criteria of heading 9802.00.90.2 The suits and 

suit-type jackets are identified by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading numbers in the attachment 

to the letter. USTR requested that the Commission provide advice as to the probable effect of such action on 

affected segments of the U.S. textile and apparel industries, workers in these industries, and consumers of the 

affected goods. 

HTS heading 9802.00.90 affords duty- and quota-free entry for apparel and other textile goods 

assembled in Mexico from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States. Heading 9802.00.90 was 

established by Presidential Proclamation 6641, effective January 1, 1994, to implement certain U.S. 

obligations required by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Apparel entering under 

heading 9802.00.90 may not contain any imported fabric. However, the recent loss of domestic supply of 

certain interlining fabrics used in the assembly of suits and suit-type jackets in Mexico will preclude U.S. 

firms from entering the garments under heading 9802.00.90, even though no alternative domestic sources of 

the interlining fabrics currently exist. Furthermore, the inability to enter the goods under heading 9802.00.90 

reduces the incentive to use domestic fabrics for the outer shell and lining of the garments. 

The USTR's letter notes that U.S. textile and apparel industry officials have asked that the President 

authorize temporary duty-free entry for the suits and suit-type jackets from Mexico containing interlining 

fabrics imported into the United States, provided that the fabrics are cut in the United States and that the 

garments otherwise meet the criteria of heading 9802.00.90. Section 20l(b)(l)(A) of the NAFTA 

Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 333 l(b )(l)(A)) authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or 

continuation of any duty as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain the general 

level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Canada or Mexico provided for by 

NAFTA, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section 103(a) of the NAFTA 

Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3313(a)). 

The Commission published notice of the investigation in the Federal Register ( 61 F.R. 64148) on 

December 3, 1996. Interested parties were invited to submit written statements regarding matters to be 

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The information and analysis in this report are for the pllIJ'oSe of this report only. Nothing in this report 

should be construed to indicate how the Commission would find in an investigation conducted under other statutory 

authority covering the same or a similar matter. 

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A copy ofUSTR's letter, along with the list of HTS subheadings, appears in appendix A 

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addressed in the investigation. 3 Commission staff contacted producers of interlining fabrics, importers of 

suits and suit-type jackets from Mexico, as well as trade associations and unions having an interest in the 

investigation. The rest of this report consists of the following sections: 

• product description and uses, 

• industry overview, 

• views of interested parties, and 

• probable economic effects of the proposed action. 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USES 

The suits and suit-type jackets (e.g., blazers) under consideration are of wool or manmade fibers and 

are for men, boys, women, and girls. The interlinings are fabrics used in the manufacture of suit-type jackets 

and the coat portion of suits (hereafter referred to as suit coats) to impart shape and provide structure and 

stability to the garments. 4 The interlinings are shaped and sandwiched between the outer or shell fabric and 

the inner or regular lining of the suit coat and are attached directly to the shell fabric by either sewing or 

"fusing." Fusible interlinings contain a thermoplastic adhesive which, under the application of heat, melts or 

fuses onto the back of the shell fabric. 5 

The interlinings in question were identified by the interagency Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements (CITA) in a Federal Register notice of September 20, 1996 (61 FR. 49439) in 

connection with similar changes to the Special Access Program for Caribbean Basin countries. According to 

CITA's notice, imported interlining fabrics may be used in the suit coats entered under the Special Access 

Program provided they are cut in the United States and are 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 manmade filaments used in the manufacture of the suit coats; 

2. A 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 thermoplastic adhesive to 

the coat front, side body, or back of the suit coats; and 

3. A woven fabric which 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 the suit coats. 

The interlinings in 2 and 3 above are fusible fabrics, with the former being knit and the latter woven. 

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Copies of the Commission's response letter to USTR and Federal Register notice are in appendixes Band C, 

respectively. 

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Industry sources indicated to Commission staff that the interlinings generally add $1.50 to $2.00 to the cost of 

a man's suit coat. 

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The use of fusible interlinings helps prevent shrinkage of the shell fabric during pressing and dry cleaning. 

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The interlining types in 1 are interlining fabrics or made-up interlining components made from those fabrics. 

The components may be made from several different combinations of the interlining fabrics and may contain 

other fabrics not covered by this investigation. Industry officials contend that all three interlining types are 

specialty fabrics and that it is difficult to duplicate the look and "hand," or feel, of individual brands of suit 

coats made by using other interlining fabrics. 

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 

The sole recent U.S. producer of the subject interlining fabrics, Crown Textile Co., Taladega, AL, 

was purchased by a French firm, Laniere de Picardie (LDP), in January 1996.6 LDP produces interlining 

fabrics described as type 2 in the United States but imports those of types 1 and 3. Industry officials 

indicated that, in November 1996, LDP purchased a Canadian producer of interlining fabrics ***.7 

Commission staff contacted the 20 firms known to produce interlining fabrics in the United States 

for apparel manufacture, but none of them reported that it produces the interlining fabrics described above. 

The staff did locate two finns that recently began joint trial production of the fusible fabric described as type 

2 above. *** produces the knit fabric and *** applies the thermoplastic adhesives to the fabric. 8 Industry 

officials indicated that*** are in the trial stage of producing all three of the subject interlinings.9 Reportedly, 

trial samples have been made, and these companies expect to be in full production by June 1997. 

Commission staff also contacted U.S. producers and importers of the suit coats.10 Nine of these 

firms that import the subject garments from Mexico were interviewed by Commission staff. These nine finns 

together accounted for about two-thirds of total imports of the suit coats from Mexico during JanuarySeptember 1996. Three of these firms, which accounted for a eombined 28 percent of the total imports, had 

obtained the subject interlining fabrics from Cromi and, consequently, must find other sources. Another 

large U.S. firm with significant imports from Mexico does not use any of the interlining fabrics subject to this 

investigation in its Mexican production of women's blazers.11 

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Sta:ff telephone conversation with John Huss, LDP, Jan. 8, 1997, 

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U. S. industry officials expressed concern over the concentration of world production of interlining fabrics for 

use in tailored garments among a few multinational firms and its effect on fabric prices. 

8 In many cases, the production of fusible interlining fabrics involves one company producing the fabric and a 

second company applying the thermoplastic adhesives. 

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Sta:fftelephone conversation with***. 

10Commission staff also contacted two firms that cut and sew or otherwise assemble interlining components 

and, in turn, sell them to the suit coat manufacturers. These firms had obtained their interlining fabrics from Crown, but 

now purchase them from importers. 

11This company uses only nonwoven interlining fabrics in the garments it produces in Mexico. 

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VIEWS OF INTERESTED PARTIES 

All written statements received by the Commission generally supported granting the temporary dutyfree treatment to the subject suit coats from Mexico~ the Commission did not receive any statements opposing 

such treatment. 12 The American Apparel Manufacturers Association (AAMA), the national trade association 

for the U.S. apparel industry, stated that, without the temporary duty-free treatment, there is no incentive for 

U.S. producers of tailored clothing to use U.S. fabrics for the suit coats.13 

Oxford fudustries, fuc., a U.S. producer assembling suits in Mexico, stated that the inability to enter 

its goods free of duty under heading 9082.00.90 "vastly reduces" its competitiveness and reduces the 

incentive to use U.S.-produced fabrics for its jacket outer shells and linings. 14 The firm also stated that 

"However, it seems inequitable to deny U.S. consumers the benefits of high-quality, low-cost gannents 

assembled in Mexico from American components solely because no American interlinings are available." 

Hartmarx Corp., a U.S. producer of tailored clothing, stated that it now uses imported interlining 

fabrics. 15 Hartmarx said that the imported interlining fabrics cost more than those it had been purchasing 

from Crown, but that the "far more significant" cost increase to the firm was the loss of duty-free treatment 

for its suit coats imported from Mexico under heading 9802.00.90. The firm. also said that it had priced its 

suit coats to its retail customers through the fall 1997 season while the domestic interlining fabrics were still 

available and thus was having to absorb the additional costs of imported interlining fabrics and duties. The 

firm has not yet determined how the continued loss of duty-free entry for its suit coats from Mexico will 

affect its planning for spring 1998 and beyond, but reports that the loss of the duty-free entry will have a 

"dramatic adverse effect" on its costs. 

The American Textile Manufacturers fustitute (ATMI) states that it represents U.S. producers of the 

outer shell fabrics, linings, and other interlining fabrics used in the suit coats.16 ATMI reported that the 

ability to import goods under heading 9802.00.90 has generated much business for U.S. textile mills and that 

more than 4 million square meters ofU.S.-formed fabric are used to produce men's and boys' suits and suittype jackets imported from Mexico. ATMI also stated that granting the temporary duty-free treatment, in 

effect, "maintains a status quo." 

Burlington Industries, a diversified U.S. textile company producing the outer shell fabrics for the suit 

coats, stated that the temporary duty exemption would continue the incentive to use U.S.-formed fabrics in 

12The Commission received submissions from associations representing the U.S. textile and apparel industries, 

domestic producers of suit coats, a domestiC fabric manufacturer, a consultant to the domestic textile and apparel 

industries, and the Mexican Chamber of the Textile Industry. 

13Michael R. Gale, director of government relations, AAMA, letter to the USITC, Dec. 16, 1996. 

14Thomas C. Chubb, ill, associate general counsel, Oxford Industries, Inc., letter to the USITC, Dec. 16, 1996. 

15Cynthia Burman, legal department, Hartmarx Corp., letter to the USITC, Dec. 18, 1996. 

16Carlos Moore, executive vice president, ATMI, letter to the USITC, Dec. 11, 1996. 

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the outer shells and linings of the subject garments while allowing domestic firms time to develop and test the 

interlining fabrics. 17 

A consultant to the apparel industry commented that, although granting the temporary duty 

suspension "is probably necessary" at this time, the industry needed to be more flexible in finding solutions 

to its problems, including the lack of specific inputs such as the interlinings addressed in this investigation.18 

He stated that many firms are manufacturing suit coats in the United States using interlinings and chest pieces 

made wholly of domestic fabrics, and that U.S. component manufacturers and garment producers needed to 

be more innovative, creative, and aggressive to survive. 

The Mexican Chamber of the Textile Industry supports the temporary duty suspension, but contends 

that the benefit should be granted only to interlining fabrics produced in Mexico and Canada, the United 

States' NAFTA partners.19 It also requested that garments containing interlining fabrics formed and cut in 

Mexico be eligible for the duty-free treatment. 

PROBABLE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION 

As noted earlier, the Commission was asked to provide advice regarding the probable effect of 

temporarily extending duty-free entry to U.S. imports of the suit coats from Mexico containing interlining 

fabrics that are cut but not formed in the United States provided that these imports meet all of the other 

requirements of HTS heading 9802.00.90. The analysis that follows consists of a brief description of recent 

conditions in the U.S. market and the likely effects resulting from extending duty-free status to the subject 

products. 

U.S. imports of the subject products from Mexico may enter under a number of provisions other than 

heading 9802.00.90. The specific provision under which these products enter the United States is determined 

primarily by the origin of the fabric that makes up the outer shell of the garment. 20 Official U.S. trade data 

indicate that most of the suit coats imported from Mexico do not enter under the 9802. 00. 90 provision, but 

17James C. Leonard, manager, economic analysis, Burlington Industries, letter to the USITC, Dec. 10, 1996. 

18Joe Cusimano, Sunline Associates, Inc., letter to the USITC, Dec. 6, 1996. 

19Gerardo Aguilar, director for international negotiations, Camara Nacional de la Industria Textil, letter to the 

USITC, Dec. 16, 1996. 

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°Depending on the fabric content and the applicable rule of preference from general note 12 of the HTS, these 

products may or may not qualify for entry under the preferential NAFTA rates and the rates may be assessed on the full 

value of the product or on the value-added in Mexico, depending on the specific production arrangements. Although 

products that do not qualify for preferential NAFTA rates are governed by quotas, U.S. Department of Commerce staff 

indicated that none of the relevant quotas was binding (more than 80 percent filled) during 1995-96. 

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rather are dutiable at the NAFTA preferential rate. 21 A nwnber of U.S. suit-coat producers not only assemble 

the garments in Mexico but also cut the fabrics there and enter the finished suits wider the preferential 

NAFTA duty rates. 22 Table 1(page8) shows the value of U.S. imports of the products covered by this 

investigation during 1995-96.23 During the period, U.S. imports wider 9802.00.90 accounted for 

approximately 25 percent of total imports from Mexico and less than 1 percent of total U.S. imports. 

As discussed earlier in this report, the subject suit coats are made with two specific types of 

interlinings that are no longer produced in the United States. However, for the most part, the U.S. apparel 

firms that had used 9802.00.90 have***. Based on confidential U.S. Customs data,*** U.S. apparel firms 

accounted for most of the 9802.00.90 imports during 1995-96. One of the finns ***reported to Commission 

staff that it had identified alternative U.S. sourcing*** for the particular type of interlining that it uses in its 

products. The remaining firms, ***indicated to staff that, at present, the only viable ~ources for the 

interlinings used in their products are foreign suppliers ***. 24 *** reported to Commission staff that the 

imported interlining fabrics supplied by*** would result in a*** in their cost of production.25 *** able to 

provide specific information regarding the extent to which this *** would be passed through to their 

customers. 

Although *** face additional costs stemming from the duties that will be assessed on the finished 

apparel items imported from Mexico if the proposed temporary duty-free entry is not authorized, *** able to 

supply Commission staff with precise estimates regarding the actual duties that are (or will be) assessed on 

the subject imports. However, *** provided Commission staff with estimates that suggest that the duties 

might add approximately*** to the import price of the suits from Mexico. Given the fact that these firms 

***and given the imprecise nature of the available estimates, the economic analysis presented below does not 

account for the cost increase associated with the duties assessed on the products imported from Mexico. 

21The 1997 NAFTA preferential rate for men's wool suits, which accounted for 51 percent of the total value of 

the suit-coat imports from Mexico in 1995, is 6.8 percent ad valorem. These products imported from Mexico will 

become duty-free in 1999. The NAFTA preferential duty rates for most of the other suit coats imported from Mexico 

range from 8.2 percent to 13 .2 percent ad valorem and will become duty-free in 2003. 

22Industry officials indicated that a multinational firm*** produces some, if not all, of the subject interlining 

fabrics in Mexico. 

23The data shown in table 1 correspond to the HTS subheadings listed in the attachment to USTR's letter 

(appendix A). 

24This information and the estimates discussed later were supplied by officials at ***. Staff conversations with 

*** 

25For a typical suit coat, the cost difference between interlining fabric supplied by Crown and that supplied by 

*** The precise cost difference varies with respect to the different components of the interlining packages. Moreover, 

the cost (in terms of the :finished apparel product) varies by type (suits versus jackets) and the quality of the fabric used 

in the outer shell of the garments. *** a direct importer of the interlining fabric. Thus, these estimates are based on the 

net difference between the U.S. produced and imported products (accounting for the differences in the underlying price 

of the imported interlining fabrics and the duty assessed on these fabrics) rather than the actual value of the imported 

interlining fabric. 

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Commission staff assessed the impact of the proposed temporary duty-free treatment using a partial 

equilibrium model. 26 The base year used for this analysis is 1995, the most recent year for which information 

on U.S. shipments and U.S. imports is available. Had it been possible to develop reliable estimates of U.S. 

shipments for 1996 (as well as estimates for U.S. imports for the fourth quarter of 1996), it is unlikely that 

the analysis would have differed substantially.27 Either way, the only difference between the base case and 

the proposed change in trade policy amounts to examining the effect on U.S. imports resulting from the *** in 

the cost incurred by the firms as a result of having to import the various types of interlining fabric. 

The temporary duty-free treatment is likely to have no discernible effect on shipments of US.-

produced wool and manmade-fiber suit coats or associated U.S. employment. Similarly, U.S. imports of 

these products from other sources (including imports from Mexico entering under alternative provisions) 

would not be measurably affected. Although the analysis conducted by Commission staff shows that U.S. 

imports under heading 9802.00.90 could*** percent in terms of quantity, this assumes that the apparel firms 

pass through 100 percent of the*** to their consumers. If the firms involved were to*** on the quantity or 

value of these imports.28 Moreover, the analysis is based on the total value shown for U.S. imports under 

heading 9802.00.90 during 1995. As noted earlier,***. Given the above estimates, the effect of the 

proposed change on U.S. consumers is likely to be negligible. 

26The model used for this analysis is a modified version of the CO:MP AS model. This version of the model was 

used in USITC, Potential Impact on the U.S. Economy and Industries of the GATT Uroguay Round Agreements, 

USITC publication 2790, June 1994. 

27As sho\m in table 1, U.S. imports under heading 9802.00.90 have increased relative to total U.S. imports of 

these products from Mexico, but not in terms of total U.S. imports. 

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Table 1 

Wool and manmade-fiber suits and suit-type jackets: Estimated U.S. producers' shipments, total U.S. 

imports for consumption and U.S. imports from Mexico, total and under heading 9802.00.90, 1995, and 

January-September 1995 and 1996 

January-September --

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Item 1995 1995 1996 ~~-

U.S. shipments1 (1,000 dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,336,701 

Total U.S. imports (1,000 dollars) ........... . 

U.S. imports from Mexico: 

Total imports (1,000 dollars) ............. . 

Under 9802.00.90 (J,000 dollars) ......... . 

U.S. imports under 9802.00.90 as a share of--

1,719,433 

41,305 

9,305 

(2) 

1,326,028 

29,602 

6,714 

Total U.S. imports from Mexico (percent) . . . . 23 23 

Total U.S. imports (percent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1995 U.S. shipments estimated by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission. 2 Not available. 

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted. 

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(2) 

1,497,608 

51,808 

12,693 

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APPENDIX A 

REQUEST LETTER FROM THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

0 FICE OF THE UN1TEC STATES T"ADE REPf'ESENTATIV~ 

WASHINCTON. O.C. 20509 

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The Hono · Miller 

Chairman 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

. 500 E Street, SW 

W&sbingion, D.C. 20436 

Dear Cb.airman Miller: 

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As you know, on December 17, 1992, the President entered into th-e North American Free Trade 

Agreement (the NAFTA), approved by the Congress and implemented by Presidential 

Proclamation 6641 effective as of January 1, 1994. Among the provisions proclaimed to 

implement NAFTA obligations is heading 9802.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTS), affording duty-free entty into the United States of appatcl and other textile 

goods assembled in Mexico entirely from U.S.-formed-and-c:ut fabric components. However, the 

impending loss of domestic supply of certain interlining fabrics has caused concem among U.S. 

firms tba:t produce suits and suit-type jackets containing these in:tcrlinini fabrics in production· 

sharing operations in Mexico and that import the finished garments wider heading 9802.00.90. 

Because U.S.-fonned interlining fabrics will no longer be available when cmrent inventories arc 

exhausted, garments rlpw imported by these U.S. finns under heading 9802.00.90 would no 

longer qualify for dufy-frcc entry thereunder and would be dutiable to the extent of the value 

added in Mexico. 

Representatives of the U.S. textile and apparel industries have requested that the President 

authorize temporary duty free entry for suits and suit-type jackets of wool or of manmade fibers, 

where such garments contain interlining fabrics cut but not formed in the United States but 

otherwise meet the criteria currently applied under heading 9802.00.90. Section 201 (b) (1) (A) 

of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3331 (b) (1) (A)) authorizes the President to 

proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty as the President determines to be 

necessary or appropriate to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous 

concessions with respect to Canada or Mexico provided for by the NAFT A, subject to the 

consultation and layover requirements of section 103(a) of the NA.FT A Implementation Act (19 

U.S.C. 3313(a)). 

Under authority delegated by the President, I request that the United States International Trade 

Commission (Commission) initiate an investigation under section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

for the purpose of providing advice on the probable effect of temporarily providing duty-free 

entry under HTS subheading 9802.00.90 for the products listed in attachment A. Specifically, I 

request that the Commission provide advice as to the probable effect of the proposed action on 

affected segments of the U.S. textile and apparel industries, workers in these industries, and 

consumers of the affected goods. I appreciate that data on all aspects of these effects may not be 

readily available and request that in such instances the advice be in qualitative form. 

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I~ that the Commission provide its advice at the earliest possible date, but not 1atc:r than 

January 15, 1997. After.considering the Commission"s advice and all other factors specified by 

the NAFf A Implementation Act, we are required to submit the proposed temporary tariff 

changes and accompanf.ing advice and explanations to the Congress pursuant to the layover 

requirements of section 103 (a) ofthe Act 

In accordance ~th policy of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (US'I:R), I 

direct you to niark as "confidential" such portions of the Commiqion~s report and its working 

papers as my office will ~ in a classification guide. Information Security Oversight Office 

Directive No. 1, section 2001.21 (implementing Executive Order 12356, sections 2.1 and 2.2) 

requires that classification guides identify or categorize the elements of information that require 

protection. 

Accordingly, I request that you provide my office with an outline of the report as soon as 

possible. Based on this outline and my office's knowledge of the information to be covered in 

the report, a USTR official with original classification authority will provide detailed 

instructions. · 

Your assistance is appreciated in this matter. 

Sincerely, 

Charlene Barshefsky 

Acting United States Trade Representative 

Attachment 

A-3 
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A1TACllMENT 

Men's. boys', women's, and girls' suits or suit-type jackets, of wool, fine animal hair, or manmade fibers 

and covered by the following HI'S subheadings: · 

6103.11.0000 

6103.12.1000 

6103.12.2000 

6103.19.1000 

6103.19.1500 

6103.19.9040 

6103.19.9050 

6103.21.0020 

6103 .23.0007 

6103.23.0037 

6103.29.1015 

6103 .31.0000 

6103.33.1000 

6103.33.2000 

6103.39.1000 

6103.39.8020 

6103.39.8030 

6104.11.0000 

6104.13.1000 

6104.13.2000 

6104.19.1000 

6104.19.1500 

6104.19.8050 

6104-19.8060 

6104.21.0010 

6104.23.0010 

6104.23.0026 

6104.29.1010 

6104.29.2012 

6104.29.2014 

6104.31.0000 

6104.33.1000 

6104.33 .2000 

6104.39.1000 

6104.39.2020 

6104.39.2030 

6203.11.1000 

6203 .11.2000 

6203.12.1000 

6203.12.2010 

6203.12.2020 

6203.19.2000 

6203.19.3000 

6203.19.9040 

6203.19.9050 

6203.21.0015 

6203.23.0015 

6203.23.00SS 

6203 .29 .2020 

6203.31.0010 

6203 .31.0020 

620333.1030 

6203.33.1040 

6203.33.IOSO 

6203.33.1060 

6203.33.2010 

6203.33.2020 

6203.39. l 010 

6203.39.1020 

6203.39.2010 

6203 .39 .2020 

6203 .39 .9020 

6203.39.9030 

6204.11.0000 

A-4 

6204.13.1000 

6204.13.2010 

6204.13.2020 

6204.19.1000 

6204.19.2000 

6204.19.8050 

- 6204.19.8060 

6204.21.0010 

6204.23.0005 

6204.23.0030 

6204.29.2010 

6204.29.4012 

6204.29.4014 

6204.31.1010 

6204.31.1020 

6204.31.2010 

6204.31.2020 

6204.33. t ooo· 

6204.33.2000 

6204.33.4010 

6204.33.4020 

6204.33.5010 

6204.33.5020 

6204.39.2010 

6204.39.2020 

6204.39.3010 

6204.39.3020 

6204.39.8020 

6204.39.8030 
APPENDIXB 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION'S RESPONSE LETTER 
OIAJRMAN 

UNITED STATE.5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 

W ASHINCTON. D.C. 20436 

The Honorable Charlene Barshefsky 

Acting United States Trade Representative 

600 17th Street NW 

Washington, DC 20506 

Dear Madam Ambassador: 

In response to your letter of November 18, 1996, the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has instituted an investigation under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, entitled Advice on Providing Temporary Duty-Free Entry for Certain Suits 

and Suit-Type Jackets from Merico. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the 

Commission's notice announcing the institution of the investigation., whicli. will be 

published in the Federal Register. The Commission has not scheduled a J>ilblic , 

hearing on the matter,_ but will be actively soliciting views of interested parties. ' 

Based on your letter and discussions with your staff, the Commission will provide 

advice on the probable effect of providing temporary duty-free entry under criteria 

similar to those of HTS heading 9802.00.90 for the suits and suit-type jackets 

identified in your letter, but only where such garments contain interlining fabrics 

that are cut but not formed in the United States and that otherwise meet the criteria 

of heading 9802.00.90. 

As you asked, the Commission will submit its report to you by January 15, 1997. 

Please continue to call on us whenever we can be of assistance to you. 

Sincerely, 

Marcia E. Miller 

Enclosure 

B-2 
APPENDIXC 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION'S FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE 
64148 .. FecJex:ai .. Re~ter· .I .ll~L .s1;.NG.. 233 .I.- Tuesday, 'December .. 3 ... i9~6 ] .. Notic~s- . 

5. Opportunity for public comment. · 

6. Proposed agenda, place; and date of 

GEORGIA Resources of the ('·1yahoga Valley). Truxell 

Rd., SE of jct with Peninsula Rd., Camp 

Fulton County Manatoc, Peninsula vicinity, 96001514 

National NuGrapc Company, 794 Ralpl". Camp Manatoc Legion L®ge. (~tion 

McGill Blvd., Atlanta, 96001502 and Conservation Resources of the 

the ~ext Corrimission meetl!1g. ' 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Further information concerning 

Commission meetings may be obtained 

from the Superintendent, Acadia 

National Park. Inte~ted persons may .. 

make oral/written presentations t~ the 

Commission.or file written statements. 

Such requests Should, be made at leaSt . 

seven days prior to the meeting to:· . 

Supetjntendent, Acadia Natipnal Park, P.p. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609-

0177; telep4one (207) ~88-Si72~ 

Richmond County Cuyahoga Valley). Truxell Rd .• SE of jct. 

with PeninsUJ.a Rd.. Camp Manatoc. 

Bethlehem HistOric·District;Roughly . Peni!lSUia vicinity, 96001512 

bounded by Wrightsboro R4,-M.L.K.'-Jr •. Blvd., Railroad, Poplar, and Clay Sts., TENNESSEE 

~ugusta, 96001501 . ·. D ... __ Co ty · Shiloh Orphanage, 1635 15th St., Augusta, a~..,..,... 1ID 

· 96001500. · NaShville National Cemetery, (Civil War Era NatiQ~l c.emeteriesl, ·1420 Gall8tin Rd.; S, 

HAW.AD . Nast:iville, 9600_1516 

Kauai County TEXAS-. . 

Date&.November 25, 1996. 

r.eD Bohjj;cbodc, . 

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in I.<ok'e 

State Park. HI 550 afKOk'e State Park · .Clay County 

Headquarters, Ko.ke'e, 9600. · ._ ... is04_· · · State Hiih~Y 7!J Bridg'e at 1he RedRi\fei;', 

(Histoijc Bridges of Texas MPS), OK 79 

Maui Comity aa0ss ·the Red' River.at the OK.;.TX State Actizig ~uPerfri~dent. kiiaw Nq.tiona) " 

Park. .·. . ' . . ' ·. :·· · . .. :. ' . ' . : ' I<alepol~ Fishpqnd, S . .IQhei Rd., S of jc:t. line,-Byeiii viciil.ity. 960015l8 

·:.r1f-o~l;~ep0lepoeoUp.~.~Kμlei •. · Fmmiu~ -_:.. . lFR.Doc..96-30654 riled i2-02.:.gs;·s:45.am-J. 

BILUNG CODE 431~ state·Higl:iway 7s B.~c!geat the:~d River, . m~o · . (Historic Bridges of-Texas MPS), OK 18,' 

Ada Coumy across the· Reef River~t the 01';:-TX stat~ ,· .·· 

NationalRegisterofffistoric Places; ToiletJilfo~.·134 K s•·Ave-:Meridian, .. lizi.e •. ~~ ~~· ~517 · 

.. Notification of Pending Nominations 9600.~·sos: · · VERMONT · 

Nominationsforthefollowing · . . FremaDt~. · AdmSonCoimiy . . . 

properties.being considered for listing Island P~ ~Ji;m'c:attle~Y.·~ome Cbipman's :P~int.}d. olVTY3A.~i:f in. the National Register were received Ranch. US 20, approximately 1 mi. SW of CbipmaD }>ointRd., ~ -~~19 

by the -National Park Service before Js1and ~ ~.~ ri~t.Y. 1508 (FR.Doc. 96-30719.Ftled 12-2-'96; 8:45 am) 

November 23;'1996. Pm:suant to section Kaoteaai Comity : · · . 

60.13 of 36 CFRPart 60 written . . Harrismi cmDmercia1 HiStOric District, . 

comments c0J1,cerning the· sigμfficance · Roughly bounded by N. Lake. Ave .• w. · .·of~ properties under 'the National . . · Hamson St.. N:-.Coew:"d'Alene.; and 'Pine 

·Register c:rit~a ·for .evaj.u:aru.in may be . St.,.Halrison, 96001505 . 

fo~ed to the NaUonal Register,. Washington Water Power ~ridges. .s.uii:w 

Na#onal Pm:k Ser-vice, r..q.Box.37127, ~~:pokane and 4th $ts. •. Posi: F~ . 

Washington, D.C. 2091~7).27. Wri~eri 

coinmentS; ShoUld be·SUbDJitted. by. . NEWYOBK 

December 1s. 1996. · · MomOe County 

Mamyn Harper. ~Farm; ·307 C1ittis Rd.;llilton 

Acting Keeper of the National Register. vicinity, 96001509 . · 

ARIZONA ·omo 

~pa County · Summit County. 

Willo'Histo~c Di$ict (Bow1daey lnaease), Kendall, Vbginia, State Park Historic District, 

(Historic Residential Subdivmoris and ··(Recreation-and Co~tion·Resoun:eS of . Architecture in Central Phoenix MPS). the Cuyahoga Valley) 701, .801, .lQOO .. 

Roughly bounded by Edgemont and · · Truxell Rd. a!!-9. 434, W. Streetsboro,"· 

Cambri~ Rds. and 7th and 3rd Aves.. P~a .viciDity; 9sOoiS15 

Phoenix, 96001497 Butler, H. Karl. Memorial~ (Rec:rel!tioit and 

ARKANSAS Conservation:Reso~ :o.f the tu~0ga Valley), Truxell Rd., SE of jct. with" · -. . 

Pulaski Coan~ Peniiisula Rd., Canip Malia.toe. Peninsula · ' vicinity, 9600151,0' 

Little Rock National Cemetery. (Civil War Era Camp Manatoc Concord LOdge and . 

National Cemeteries MPS), 2523 Adirondacks Historic Pistrict; "cRec:reation · 

··Confederate Blvd., Little Rock. 96001496 and Conservation Resources of the 

CONNEC'l'ietrr Cuyahoga Valley), Truxell Rd., SE of jct 

with Peninsula. Rd., Camp Manatoc. . New London County Peninsula vicinity, 96001513 · · 

Mill Brook Bridge; Blissville Rd.. jct of Mill ~P Manatoc Dining Hall, (Recreation -and 

Brook. Lisbon, 96001498 · Conservation Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley). Truxell~. SE ofjC:t. With 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Pe:ni?!Sula Rd., Camp Manatoc. Peninsula 

vicinity, 96001511' . ' ' 

District of Columbia State Equivalent Camp Manatoc Foresters LOdge and Kit 

Woodlawn Cemetery, 4611 Benniitg Rd;, SE. Carson:-Dan Boone Cabins Historic 

Washington. 96001499 District;(Recreation and <::QD.Servation 

C-2 

INTERNA"i1oNAt: TRADE- · COMMISSION 

[lnvestigallOn 332-373] 

Aclvice on Provicl" . T . 

Free.entryt0r~==~ T~ Jackets· From-Mexico · · ~· . ~ : . . . _.. . .. 

AGENCY: Un:iled States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and : 

request ·for "written submissions. · 

EFFECnYE DATE: November 26, 1996: 

suMMARY: Following receipt on· · , ·. · 

November 21, 1996, of a letteril:om·the · 

United StatesTrade Representative· 

(USTR), the Commission inStituted 

investigatio:q.No. 332-373, Advice on· 

Pro.~ding Temporary Duty-Free Entry · 

for Certain Suits and Suit-Type Jackets 

from Mexico. under section 332 of the·· 

Tariff Act 'Of 1930. USTR asked that the 

Commission· provide advice !15 to the 

probable effect of providing temporary . 

duty-free entry under criteria similar to 

those of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTS) heading 

9802.00.90 for the suits and suit-ty-pe 

jackets from Mexico classifui.ble in the 

HTS subheadings listed in the annex, 

but only where such gannents contain 

interlining fabrics that are cut but not 

formed in the l,Jnited States and that 
Federal Register./ Vol. 61, No. 233 ./ Tuesday, Dec~mber 3, 1.9~6 .I Notices 64149 

. . 

otherwise meet the criteri~ of heading continuation of any duty as the requesting confidential treatnient must 

9802.00.90. USTR requested. that. the President determines. to be necessary or confon:n with th~ .requiremen~s of 

C<>~ission provide advice as io the· appropriate to maintain the general section § 201.6 of the Commission's 

probable effect of such action on level pf reciprocal and mutually Rules· of Practice and Procedure (19 

affected segments of the U.S. textile and · advantageous. concessions with respect. C.F.R 201.6). All Written submissio:n,s, 

apparel industties, workers in these · to Canada or Mexico provided for by · except for confidential busiI~ess 

industries, and consumers ofthe NAFTA; subject to the consultation and information, will be made available in 

"affected goods. · · layover requirements of section 103(a) the Office of the Se.tretaiy.io the · 

· As re.q1,1ested ~Y USTR; the of the NAFT A Implementation Act (is Commission for impectiol}__ by interested 

Commission e;cpects to· su}?mit its report.. ~lS.C.· 3313(~)) .. " · . . . , parties. The. Commission may·~nC;lude 

b_y, January .15, 1997. · · After considenng the CommlSS1on s . confidential busine$5 information 

·FOR i=uRnfEa ·INFORMATION c6NTACT: . .a<l.vice' and all other factors spjrified by. . submitted in the course of this . · 

In:fo~atiQD. on genela!.topics may be th~ ~AFTA Impiem!=!?tation A.ct, th~:· · investigation.in the·Presideμ.t and · obtairied ·from .Mary Elizabeth Sweet, Pre$1dent. must submit th~ proposed . · . USTR. If the Coil).Diission is authorized .. 

Office of Indiishies (202-205-3455) and .t~P.Q:iarY t~ff ch~es an:d · . . . · .· to: publish~. ~port; th~ Couu:Irlssion: will · legal.afil>ects, from wiiliam.:GearJiart,.: · ~'7ompanymg advice ap,d explanatio~ · .. not pub~ C?Onfid~tial business_ 

Office Of the Gen.elal Coun5el (2oz,;,..20~. . ta th~ Congress purs~t to the layover .... _informatio~ ~ B;·~r tba:t woul~. 

3091).:The· IIiedia sliotil4 contacf.: . .reqwrements of secti?n 103 (~) of t;he reveal ~e¥.vid¥, OP.M8-~ons of the· 

Margaret O'Li!.u~;Offi.C:e clf Pllbijc: NAFT~ lm.pl~enta~?n A~. Althou~ , . ~-SU{>P~~g the. iiif?~on. U~ . 

.AffaiI:S (2cfa...:.20S.:..i819):.Hemng-.: ;. . . ~~ s_letter ~d ~ot i~en~fy ~e . . ~ m~~~ ~t.aU .or p~ ~f.th~ .impaj.red in:dividi1$'are adviSed.thaf .·mfabt~lining .. fa:tma CSti~mfi.edqubestithon,.~ese. : .... C0~9n S ~d Ort m~y.be ~ethd._. :iiiforlnatlon on this·mattei'ean be · ~~-were 1 eil. . Y. ~ · .• · . To.~.~ of COJlS!d~Qn by . e . btained ~; .... t ctin tli. TDD _ Co~ttee for ~e l#lpleme~tation. P.f ,. _ . Comnilsslon,_wntten statements"relaung 

~rmiii.ai ori cfrii~2 18;o). . . ·· T~~e ~~ent~ CcrrA) ma Fed~ '.to· the inireSti~~~ Should be~·submittec! "· . . . . · Register notice of.Septem~ 201 19~6 . to·the CoID.DllSSlon at the earliest· .. 

·B~und · . .C~t ,f.R: ~49439) .in conne~-~~ with . practical date and ~ould be reeeived no · · "~ ~..::::..~be· · · · 9.2 th. ·Pres-·.· ·d: · sm,u~ changes t~ ~ SpeQcil. Ac;cess . · ·-iater than thEfclose of business on vu. ~iu r. 17 • 19 • e. 1 ent · · P!(>~ for .~bean Basin ci>uJitries. DeC::ember 16 1996. All·submisSions ~~ iiitc>·tiie~Nortl:l'.Amepcan..Free . · 1\.Ccoriiing. to CITA's notjce~ ~· · · should be ad.dressed to the ~ • . rra.d~ ~Agreement (NAFI'A),:.approve<;i . interliniilg fabrics may be uSed ~ ~ . · • .lJiiited States IDterDatiOnaI Trade· .. 

-·~~~r~~~~~;~~ve ~t j2ckets ang. sUit~type jacke~.m.terid . Cemmi.Ssic>n· soo·E Street SW,. ··· f.. · · · · th... - . · un~e.ttheS~~lA~~ . ·. -Washμ.l~'oc?0436. ·. ~ o. Jail~ ~ 1994 . .Am~ng e · · .provid~d th~ are 911t-.~ the Umted . ... '.'Pei'sCmsWi~ m!Jbility impairments 

'P.lyvisiC1Ds procia,llned ·to imp~emenL States.and are of a' m'~ ·cl,~ belo\Y:. who WiU~eecls.p8cial·assistanee in 

NAF'.FA cibligations iS,l:1eading .. ~ . •' :1. ~ Cb.. est pl~te, . J;iym.o piece or ·. gainingc· ~ t. o.!he.CmnmiSsion .. · 9802.00.90 whiCh affurds duty:..free. .Slee'.v_e.h.eader of .. w~_or ~eft- . sho-1d · ·ia·a· · .. ~~ffi· ce· ·

0 ·r the· . ·:ep_try intt>"the lhμted,States,ofapparel_ w Ul~'-' 

· and other_ textile.goOds &ssembled in· . insert~.~ ~t construction of . ~:at.~OD-:-20~2000~ course·amma.l.hair or mamnade .. . . ., . . . . . . Mexico in Which the textjle-CQri:lpoiients. · filamen.tS Used in the ma::ilufclctu:re·ofthe Issued:·November 2s. 1s96.-

.aremade"en.tirely.fiom lJ,.~~..:~<?~d..md- ~ed entS; : · ·· · . · . ByoroerOrthe:p,mmission . 

. i:;ut~'iics. Accol"!iing,.to USTR's]~r;. .· 2. A ~inserted warp· knit fabri.c. . .. ~. lt.. ·.Koehiike.. _ · · · 

'the im.peridiilg lass ~f dt:pμe51:ic supply. that con~ aiid ~bits properties of . . of.certain intei:Illi:ingJabric:S h.as ca~d . · elaSt.icicy· and resilience which·render. · =IY· . 

conCerii:an:iong u:s.:.firms ~a(pi:Odu~ the fabric especially suitable"for . · · · 

stiits ~cl: s~it~tjpe ja~e~ ¢on~g . . attachment by fusing with a themio-~. . .· Men's, bojs', .women's, and girls~ suitS . $e.s~ ~~lin~g -~~ncs If. P~~Ction- . plastic-adheajve. to the coat-front, side · . · <?r suit-:type jackets. of wool,_fine animal ~h~ng.opera~1oz:is mMexico ~~-that . body or back of the specified. gaiments; hair, or manniade· fibers and covered by · .l.DlpOrt..the fini~l:ie.dgarmentsun~er ' and . ···.. . . ·.. ·the folfow;!ng"KTS'subheadingS: 

headi_ng 9802'.00,90.' Be~use these U.S.- · 3. A woven fabric.that contains and . 610~.11.oOOO 

.fo~aj ~ter1:iJiin:g':fabrics_~ll no·1~nger· ~xliil:iitS properties of resiliency whicl:i · 6103.12.1000 

.be availabl~when current mventq~~ ·render. the'fabric eSpecial.j.y suitable for 6103.12.2000 

· ~ exhaUsted~ garments-~owimpo~d: attachment ]:>y fusii::tg with a thermo-.. · . 6103.19.1000 

by these U.S'.'.finps under hea(Jing · · · plastic adheSive .to the-coa.t"'frontimde · 6103,19:1sop 

980~00.90 .woulc~ no, lOng~r qu~lify for body or.back of the sJ>ecified garments. 6103~19.9.040 

duty.;.~ ep,try the~~!i~r-~~:would, Written .. Submissions. 6103.19.9050 

be dutiable to.the extent ofthe.w!ue 610~.21;0020 

. added=i.n ~exi~~ Represent~~iv~ ·Qf the. The Comnlission has not schedwed a 6103.23.0007 . . U.S. t~xtile ~d app?l"E!l indUStries have public hearing in connection with this · 6103.23.0037 

··requested. that the Pksident.author:ize. inves,tigation. However, interested · 6103.29.101.S 

temparary duty-fiee entry for the suits parties ,are invited to submit ~tteri . · 6103.31.0doo 

.a.t:id suit-type jackets from Mexico th?t statements regarding the matters to be 6100.33.1000 

contai.I]. imported interlining fabrics, . addressed by the Commission in its 6103.33.2000 

PI'9Vided thatthe.fabrics are.cut in the report.on this investigation. Commercial 6103.39.1000 

_United·States and that the garments or financial in.formation that a submitter 6103.39.8020 oth~rwise meet the criteria of heading desires the CoIμIllission to treat as . . _ 6103.39.8030 · · 9802,00.90. Section 201(b)(l)(A) of the confidential must be submitted on -· ·: 6104:11.0000 .· 

NAFTAimplementation Act (19 U.S,C. separate:sheets of paper; each Cl~arly .. . 6104,13.1000 

.3331(b)(l)(A)) authorizes the.'President. · mark-ed "Confidential.Business·· ·· 610.4.13.2000 

. ·to proclai_m such modifications or · ID.formation''. at the top. All submissions 6104.19.1;000 
64150 

6104.19.1500 

6104.19.soso 

6104.19.8060 

6104.21.0()10 

6104.23.0010 

. 6104 .. 23.0026 

6104.29~1010 

6104.29.2012 

6104.29.2014 

6104,31.0000 . 

6104.33.1000.'. 

6104.33.2006 ~. 

6104.39.1000. 

6104.39.2020 .. 

·. 61.04_;_3~·~2,o.~~ 

6203.1.1;t900. 

. 6203..11.·200Q' 

!)203.12.1000 .. 

.:. 6293.12.2010. 

6203~12.2020: 

6203.19.2000. 

. 6203.19.3000 

6203.19.9040 ·. 

6203.19;9050. 

6io3:21;.oihs. 

6203.23.0QlS . 

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6203.39.9030. 

' 6204.11.0000: 

" 6204.13~1000:~ 

6204.13.2010 

6204.13.2020 

6204.19.iOOO 

6204.19.200.0. 

.. 6204.1,9.SDSQ. 

6204~19.8060 

6204~21.0010. 

.6204.23.ooos 

6204~23~0030 . 

: 6204-.29.2010 

6204.29~4012. 

6204.29 .. 4014. 

6204.31.1010 . 

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Federal Register I Vol. 61, No. 233 I Tuesday, December 3, 1996 ./ Notic:es 

6204.39.3020 

s204.39:so2o 

6204.39.8030 

Labor, Room N-5507, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington:, o~c. 20210. 

Notice to Iiiw.-ested P~ 

[FR DOc. 96-30749 Filed 11-27-96; 1:40 pm] Noti~ of the p~po~d ~mptions 

Bil.UNG ~DE 7020-02-M · will. be provided to all intei:ested 

persons in the·manner agreed upon by 

D~ARTMENT OF LABc;>R 

the applicant and the Department · .. · 

~thin 1!) days of the date of publication 

Pension and Welfare Benefits ~ the Federal.~er. Such notice · Ad · "strati . shall include a.~py of the notice of . · mim .... on . ·proposed t:xempti9n as published in th1£ ..!Appli~n No. D-10014; etat.] · Federal R~r and shall inform~ 

Pro. posed .... Ex ....einP· tions; .. w .. ens Fargo_..... int~ed pe~ c;>f.thej.rrigb.t.to · . comm~t and to request a heai#.tg ~~le; NA;:etaL~. · . . · · · · (wh~_appropriate): · . ·. ,_: 

.AG~: Pe$ion and Welfa?e Be~efi.~ SUPPLEMENrARY JNFORMAnON: The · . 

. A~~tion, ~b"or. . '. . propose<i exemptions"weie reriuested in 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed E:Xein..:.nons. ·app4~011$ filed p~t.~o ~on· " . · ... · . · ~... · 408(a:) of the Act and/c>r Section ·suwiARY:.ThiSd~en.teontains' · :4975(c)(2) of~ <::;ode~_andin .. 

notj~ of_P.l!ildency before. the_:~. ,. . . accordance.~tb. pl'fJ08d~-~t forth in 

·,neparb:pent of.~r (μre.'.Pe~t) of . 29 'CFR Part 2570;. SubpufB'.(55 FR 

pro~,~ptio?15"lrc>m·eertainpf~e ,32sa6_; 32847. A~ _10.)~99). ~ ... prohibited transaction iestriction.of.the . Effective~ 31, 1'978,.section 

. Eu1pfoy~ Retirem~t In~ome Sec:Uri.ty.: ... · 102 of ReorgailiZ.ation Phm N9. 4 of-· .. Aqt.of1974 (theAct)"and/or:the Iirtenlal .. ,l,918143 FR47713.0ct0beri7:.1978) 

Re!en~ Cod~ of 1986 (the Ccide)?:· '· . . tr.in.sferred the authority ~f:the Secretary 

W

. · n·tten· ",.....__~--·- and .. D'-;..~ · ... • of the T-,.,...,.;.;;. to:iSstie exl!m:ptions of . '-NIU.Ul........ ~ ... g··. . . . . --:::::-.i: . . . . . . ReqUeSts . .. . · · ". -the type.~es;ted:tothEl.~ of_ . · "" . . . LabOr. m:herefare these notices of . . All _iri~ed ~ns·:are invit~~na:· -. · :Pr9P~ exem.pfi:on ~ isSUed solely 

submit wn~tJm commm,ts or request fC!t.' by the De~t... .:: a~~g.on·~e·l?-811amg ~pti~ ·, ... ~e applifratiOils ~ . .. . 

. ~ O~;~d in~e.Ndti,ce of. representatjqn,s with~ to the 

Proposed Exemptic:m, :Within~ 4~·~~ · ··.. . pro~~ptiops Wbich"are . frQJ;n"~e date of publication °(!f thi$ · .. - stiimna?iZed bekwi: ~· ns . "" Fedeial ~-Not;ice, .~ts and · .. at'.e referred-tO theapp~cattans~e request for-a hearing shoUld state: (lf Wi!}l:.the.Departi;nen.t:lOra-coxnplele .- . ~ Dmn:e,.a~. and teleph~ne · . · · -~~¢o.t Of the ~and: - · · · 

.. ~umber of~~;~making the·. .. . .. re~tations. co~ent or request; arid (2) the"nature " · .... · • " · ·• · · · " : · · ·. . . : pf the p_erson:s ~t~ ~·the exemption, WellS.F~ B~ ~~:CW~ Fargo) 

and the manner in which.the person ·. · Loca~~.San F~ CA; PrOposed 

... would be adversely affected.by the . . ~PtiOIJ . 

. : ~xemption.. A request for· a )ieafui:~:"inuSt · .. JAppli~~ No. ~l0014J . 

: .$0 state the issu~ to be addressed ai:ili: ·. ~ ·. &seq on the ~CtS BQ.drepresentations 

::inc:J.ude a_ge~ des¢ption of the.. .. set fC?rth in.the application.the' . 

.evidence1o,be,pres~~,Jt the ~atjiig. :nepartm.~ is: consid~ granting ;;in 

A ~est for: a~ m~ also ~t~ ~p~on''iln~er the au$otity.of ·~ 

. ~issues tQ .. be ad~.and ~ude·· sed:ion·408(a} ofthe· Act and section 

.a: g~eral descrip~~ ~fthe evidence to 497S(c}(2) ofthe cOde and in; 

. be presented at the li,emng.· . , . . . · ac;cordan_ce: with th~ plc:iciidures set 

ADDRESSES: ,All written comments arid ~o:ith, in 29 ~.Part 2570~ Subpart B {55 

request for a hearing {aqeaSt three FR.32836, AUgU$t 10. 1990).1.·: · · · 

copies}' should b"e sent to the PensiOn. ·· Sectimi. -I.'Coverid. ··.· . Trcmsa ... ·.<di~ns. _ · arid Welfare :Benefits AdmllrlSt:ratian . Office of Exemption Determinationi;- '. w, If the exemption is granted. the .. . Roo:in N-5649, U.S. Department of.::. . . .restri¢tions o~ section ·~(a} ohh.e Act 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue; N.W., and~ ~ct.ions :eSt4ting from the 

Washington, D.C. 20210. Attention: · application of section '!l975 of the Code, 

Application :No. -stated fu:eachNotice of .. · by reason· of section ~97,5(c)(1) (A) 

· P.rop~d Exemption. The applications· ·-:.throu~h (D) of the Code, sba~Inot apply, 

.. for exemption and the comments . effectiv~ October 1, 199;i, to.the . 

· received will be available for public 

i~pection in the Public DOc:uments .. Room of Pension and Welfare Benefits 

Adnti.niStration, U.S. pepartmen( of 

€-4 

• I F?r· p~ of.this proposed exmn,Ption. 

reference to provil>iom of Title I of tbe Act. unless 

otherwise specified; refer also to~tl:le corresponding 

~visions of the C'.ode .