# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
May 23, 2000.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ross Arnold, 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, 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.
The current limits for certain categories are being reduced for carryforward used.
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 64 FR 71982, published on December 22, 1999). Also see 64 FR 54870, published on October 8, 1999.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**May 16, 2000.**
Commissioner of Customs,
*Department of the Treasury,* Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on October 4, 1999, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on May 23, 2000, you are directed to reduce the limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I | |
| 200 | 978,348 kilograms. |
| 300/301 | 4,458,303 kilograms. |
| 338/339 | 1,316,416 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 1,621,199 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 406,864 dozen. |
| 345 | 481,695 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,783,321 dozen. |
| 360 | 1,453,677 numbers. |
| 369-S | 1,053,142 kilograms. |
| 634/635 | 324,240 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 3,534,649 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237, 239pt.
, 332, 333, 352, 359-O
, 362, 363, 369-O
, 400, 410, 414, 431, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
, 464, 469pt.
, 603, 604-O
, 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652, 659-O
, 666, 669-O
, 670-O
, 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852, 858 and 859pt.
, as a group | 112,319,410 square meters equivalent. |
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,
,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.