98-3755. Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Cambodia

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 7405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3755]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Establishment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Cambodia

February 9, 1998.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
a limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, [phone]. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call [phone]. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call [phone]. For information 
on categories on which consultations have been requested, call (202) 
482-3740.

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.

    A notice published in the Federal Register on November 21, 1997 (62 
FR 62290) announces that if no solution is agreed upon in consultations 
between the Governments of the United States and Cambodia on Categories 
331/631 the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements may 
establish a limit for the twelve-month period beginning on October 29, 
1997 and extending through October 28, 1998 at a level of not less than 
1,250,841 dozen pairs.
    Inasmuch as no agreement was reached during consultations on a 
mutually satisfactory solution, the United States Government has 
decided to control imports in Categories 331/631 for the period October 
29, 1997 through October 28, 1998, as authorized by Section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Categories 331/631. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Government of Cambodia, further notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    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 62 FR 66057, published on December 17, 1997).
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
February 9, 1998.

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, you are directed to prohibit, 
effective on February 18, 1998, entry into the United States for 
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton 
and man-made fiber textile products in Categories 331/631, produced 
or manufactured in Cambodia and exported during the twelve-month 
period beginning on October 29, 1997 and extending through October 
28, 1998, in excess of 1,250,841 dozen pairs \1\.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after October 28, 1997.
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    Textile products in Categories 331/631 which have been exported 
to the United States prior to October 29, 1997 shall not be subject 
to this directive.
    Textile products in Categories 331/631 which have been released 
from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service under 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.
    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 this action falls 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.
[FR Doc. 98-3755 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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