Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Certain yarns and fabrics
Petition: Filed by the Government of Singapore
Request for Public Comments (Federal Register Notice), May 17, 2004.

International Trade Commission investigation "Certain Yarns and Fabrics: Effect of Modification of U.S.-Singapore FTA Rules of Origin for Goods of Singapore (Investigation No. Singapore FTA-103-10), May 2005.

Implemented with Singapore, effective August 1, 2006. See Annex I (page 43638) of Presidential Proclamation 8039.

Status: Approved and Implemented.

Certain yarns and fabrics
Petition: Filed by the Government of Singapore, April 8, 2005
Request for Public Comments (Federal Register Notice), May 10, 2005.

International Trade Commission investigation "Certain Yarns and Fabrics FY 2009: Effect of Modification of U.S.-Singapore FTA Rules of Origin (Investigation No. U.S.-Singapore FTA-103-022), August 2009.

Implemented with Singapore, effective May 24, 2011. See Annex I of Presidential Proclamation 8682.

Status: Approved and Implemented.



Certain fabrics
Petition: Filed by the Government of Singapore, October 29, 2008
Request for Public Comments: (Federal Register Notice), February 8, 2010
• Comments from American Fiber Manufacturers Association
• Comments from American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition
• Comments from FesslerUSA
• Comments from Milliken & Company
• Comments from National Council of Textile Organizations
• Comments from the National Textile Association
• Comments from Polartec
Status: Cased closed; no revisions to US-Singapore FTA rules of origin.