Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

December 16, 1994.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tallarico, International

Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these

limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6716. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854).

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward.

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 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

58 FR 65582, published on December 15, 1993.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of

the bilateral agreement, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 16, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on December 9, 1993, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made

fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Singapore and

exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,

1994 and extends through December 31, 1994.

Effective on December 19, 1994, you are directed to amend the

December 9, 1993 directive to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided under the terms of the current bilateral

textile agreement between the Governments of the United States and

the the Republic of Singapore:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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239................................ 520,023 kilograms.

331................................ 439,311 dozen pairs.

338/339............................ 1,274,508 dozen of which not more

than 637,847 dozen shall be in

Category 338 and not more than

709,205 dozen shall be in Category

339.

341................................ 190,248 dozen.

639................................ 3,542,469 dozen.

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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1993.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-31500 Filed 12-21-94; 8:45 am]

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