[Federal Register: December 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 236)]
[Notices]
[Page 68597]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in
Cambodia
December 4, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection establishing limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these
limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards
of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For
information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of
Textiles and Apparel Web site at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
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 Memorandum of Understanding of December 29, 2001, between the
Governments of the United States and Cambodia amends and extends the
bilateral textile agreement of January 20, 1999 to cover the period
January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
These limits will be revised when Cambodia becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Cambodia.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to
establish the 2004 limits, which include a fourteen (14) percent
increase to all of Cambodia's quotas under the Labor Standards
provision described in Federal Register notice 64 FR 60428, published
on November 5, 1999.
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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Information
regarding the availability of the 2004 CORRELATION will be published in
the Federal Register at a later date.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 4, 2003.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Memorandum of Understanding,
dated December 29, 2001, between the Governments of the United
States and Cambodia, you are directed to prohibit, effective on
January 1, 2004, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Cambodia and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31,
2004, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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331/631................................... 2,364,645 dozen pairs.
334/634................................... 259,348 dozen.
335/635................................... 99,163 dozen.
338/339................................... 4,080,920 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,144,183 dozen.
345....................................... 143,403 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................... 4,576,732 dozen.
352/652................................... 915,347 dozen.
435....................................... 22,444 dozen.
438....................................... 107,834 dozen.
445/446................................... 131,797 dozen.
638/639................................... 1,373,019 dozen.
645/646................................... 381,394 dozen.
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Products in the above categories exported during 2003 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 4, 2002) to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged
to the limits set forth in this directive.
These limits will be revised when Cambodia becomes a member of
the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the
WTO agreement to Cambodia.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection should construe entry into the
United States for consumption to include entry for consumption into
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. E3-00485 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]