[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 68597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00485]


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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]
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