Adjustment of a Limit and a Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of a Limit and a Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

May 11, 1999.

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a

limit and a sublimit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes

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

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.

The current limit for Categories 338/339 and the current sublimit

for Category 339 are being reduced for carryforward used in 1998.

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). Also see

63 FR 69056, published on December 15, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 11, 1999.

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 8, 1998, 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,

1999 and extends through December 31, 1999.

Effective on May 18, 1999, you are directed to reduce the limit

and the sublimit for the following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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338/339................................... 1,405,077 dozen of which not

more than 868,897 dozen

shall be in Category 338

and not more than 928,061

dozen shall be in Category

339.

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

exported after December 31, 1998.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.99-12508 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]

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