[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34388]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Cambodia

December 22, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1998.

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 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 U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. For information on 
categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 482-
3740.

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.

    A notice published in the Federal Register on November 4, 1998 (63 
FR 59548) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Cambodia on Categories 
338/339 and 345 the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements may establish a limit for the twelve-month period beginning 
on October 28, 1998 and extending through October 27, 1999 at a level 
of not less than 1,745,634 dozen for Categories 338/339 and at a level 
of not less than 53,001 dozen for Category 345.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during consultations on a 
mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has 
decided to control imports in Categories 338/339 and 345 for the period 
October 28, 1998 through October 27, 1999, as authorized by Section 204 
of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Categories 338/339 and 345. Should such a solution be 
reached in consultations with the Government of Cambodia, further 
notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997). 
Information regarding the 1999 Correlation will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 22, 1998.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and Executive Order 11651 
of March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on December 30, 1998, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Cambodia and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on October 28, 1998 and extending through October 27, 
1999, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\
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338/339...................................  1,745,634 dozen.
345.......................................  53,001 dozen.
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\1\ These limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after October 27, 1998.

    Textile products in Categories 338/339 and 345 which have been 
exported to the United States prior to October 28, 1998 shall not be 
subject to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 338/339 and 345 which have been 
released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under the 
provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1448(b) or 1484(a)(1) prior to the effective 
date of this directive shall not be denied entry under this 
directive.
    Charges to these categories based on exports between October 28, 
1998 and the effective date of this directive will be provided to 
Customs when information regarding these entries becomes available.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs 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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 98-34388 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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