[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55257-55258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26541]


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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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