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

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

October 22, 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: October 29, 1998.

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 this

limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715. 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.

As authorized by section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the United States Government has decided to

continue the restraint limit on Categories 331/631 for an additional

twelve-month period, beginning on October 29, 1998 and extending

through October 28, 1999.

The United States remains committed to finding a mutual 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). Also see

63 FR 7405, published on February 12, 1998.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 22, 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 October 29, 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, 1998

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and extending through October 28, 1999, 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, 1998.

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Products in the above categories exported during the period

October 29, 1997 through October 28, 1998 shall be charged to the

applicable category limit for that period (see directive dated

February 9, 1998) to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the

event the limit established for that period has been exhausted by

previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limit set

forth in this directive.

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. 98-28857 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]

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