[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2128-2129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-720]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Cambodia

January 10, 2005.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection retroactively increasing 2004 limits by 4%.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection website 
(http://www.cbp.gov), or call (202) 344-2650. 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.
    In recognition of the continuing efforts of Cambodia to improve 
working conditions in the textile and apparel sector, including 
internationally recognized core labor standards, through the 
application of Cambodian labor law, and in response to the Second Labor 
Consultation of 2004, the U.S. Government is providing an increase of 
4% of the base level quotas retroactively to 2004 adjusted limits. 
Goods exported on and after January 1, 2005 are not subject to textile 
and apparel import limits.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to adjust the 
2004 limits.
    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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Also see 68 
FR 68597, published on December 9, 2003 and 69 FR 60617, published on 
October 12, 2004.

Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

January 10, 2005.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: You are directed, effective on January 12, 
2005, to increase the restraint limits established in the directive 
dated December 4, 2003 for textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Cambodia and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2004 and extended 
through December 31, 2004, to reflect the continuing efforts of the 
Royal Government of Cambodia to improve working conditions in the 
textile and apparel sector, and in response to the Second Labor 
Consultation of 2004:

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                                             adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  59,451 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  283,264 dozen.
335/635...................................  108,217 dozen.
338/339...................................  4,453,537 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,318,876 dozen.
345.......................................  137,807 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  4,767,375 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,065,411 dozen.
435.......................................  26,594 dozen.
438.......................................  127,771 dozen.
445/446...................................  156,164 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,631,308 dozen.

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645/646...................................  351,629 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2003.
\2\ Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.4810,
  6116.10.5510, 6116.10.7510, 6116.92.6410, 6116.92.6420, 6116.92.6430,
  6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800,
  6116.92.9400 and 6116.99.9510; Category 631pt.: all HTS numbers except
  6116.10.1730, 6116.10.4820, 6116.10.5520, 6116.10.7520, 6116.93.8800,
  6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800, 6116.99.5400 and 6116.99.9530.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

    Sincerely,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 05-720 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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