Definition of staple length.

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  2. CFR 19
  3. Customs Duties
  4. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury
  5. Examination, Sampling, and Testing of Merchandise
  6. Cotton
  7. Definition of staple length.

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§ 151.81 Definition of staple length.

For the purposes of this subpart, “staple length” means the length of the fibers in a particular quantity of cotton designated in terms expressing the measurement by the millimeter or fraction thereof of a representative portion of the quantity in accordance with the Official Cotton Standards of the United States for length of staple, as established by the Secretary of Agriculture.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17470, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51269, Dec. 21, 1988]


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