[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72921-72922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31031]


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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, 2002.
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: January 1, 2003.

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 U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and 
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website 
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, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
    The limits under this agreement may be revised if 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 Customs to establish the 2003 limits, which include a 
twelve percent (12%) 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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001). 
Information regarding the availability of the 2003 CORRELATION will be 
published in the Federal Register at a later date.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 4, 2002.

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); 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, 2003, 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, 2003 and extending through December 31, 
2003, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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331/631...................................  2,191,661 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  240,376 dozen.
335/635...................................  91,908 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,782,381 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,060,481 dozen.
345.......................................  132,913 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  4,241,923 dozen.
352/652...................................  848,385 dozen.
435.......................................  21,832 dozen.
438.......................................  104,892 dozen.
445/446...................................  128,202 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,272,576 dozen.
645/646...................................  353,493 dozen.
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    Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated January 3, 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 may be revised if Cambodia becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to Cambodia.
    Moreover, these limits may be revised in light of the U.S. 
determination as to whether working conditions in the Cambodian 
textile and apparel sector substantially comply with Cambodian labor 
law and internationally recognized core labor standards (see Federal 
Register notice 64 FR 60428, published on November 5, 1999).
    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-31031 Filed 12-6-02; 8:45 am]
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