[Federal Register: December 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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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, 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]