[Federal Register: February 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 25)]
[Notices]               
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

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

February 1, 1999.
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: February 10, 1999.

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)

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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.

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.

    Pursuant to the bilateral textile agreement of January 20, 1999, 
the Governments of the United States and Cambodia agreed to limits for 
certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Cambodia and exported to the United States during three 
one-year periods beginning on January 1, 1999 and extending through 
December 31, 2001. This directive cancels and supersedes the previous 
limits for Categories 331/631 set forth in Federal Register notice 63 
FR 57666 published on October 28, 1998; and 338/339 and 345 set forth 
in Federal Register notice 63 FR 71620 published on December 29, 1998.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 1999 limits.
    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. 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 63 FR 71096, published on December 23, 1998).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 1, 1999.

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; and the Bilateral Textile Agreement of 
January 20, 1999 between the Governments of the United States and 
Cambodia. This directive cancels and supersedes the directives 
issued to you on October 22, 1998 and December 22, 1998, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
These directives concern imports of certain cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Cambodia and 
exported during the period which began on October 29, 1998 and 
extends through October 28, 1999 (Categories 331/631) and the period 
which began on October 28, 1998 and extends through October 27, 1999 
(Categories 338/339 and 345).
    Furthermore, you are directed to prohibit, effective on February 
10, 1999, 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 
which began on January 1, 1999 and extends through December 31, 
1999, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\
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331/631...................................  1,550,000 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  170,000 dozen.
335/635...................................  65,000 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,500,000 dozen.
340/640...................................  750,000 dozen.
345.......................................  94,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  3,000,000 dozen.
352/652...................................  600,000 dozen.
438.......................................  90,000 dozen.
445/446...................................  110,000 dozen.
638/639...................................  900,000 dozen.
645/646...................................  250,000 dozen.
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\1\ These limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1998.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and Cambodia.
    Textile products in the above categories which have been 
exported to the United States prior to January 1, 1999 shall not be 
subject to this directive.
    Textile products in those same categories which have been 
released from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service nunder 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.
    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.
    Import charges will be provided at a later date.
    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.
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