[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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