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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of a Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Singapore

October 5, 1999.

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

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

sublimit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 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 this

limit, 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 sublimit for Category 348 is being increased for

carryforward. The limit for Categories 347/348 and the sublimit for

Category 347 remain unchanged.

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

October 5, 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 October 14, 1999, you are directed to increase the

sublimit for Category 348, 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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347/348................................... 1,298,573 dozen of which not

more than 811,607 dozen

shall be in Category 347

and not more than 631,251

dozen shall be in Category

348.

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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1998.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that this action falls 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. 99-26541 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]

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