# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
June 21, 2000.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Naomi Freeman, 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 adjusted, variously, for carryover, carryforward, swing, special shift, crochet adjustment and group swing.
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 54872, published on October 8, 1999.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**June 14, 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 and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on June 21, 2000, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I | |
| 237 | 652,066 dozen. |
| 331/631 | 7,554,565 dozen pairs. |
| 333/334 | 338,485 dozen of which not more than 47,265 dozen shall be in Category 333. |
| 335 | 216,175 dozen. |
| 336 | 1,076,184 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 1,195,007 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 1,125,812 dozen. |
| 345 | 219,236 dozen. |
| 350 | 150,107 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 879,309 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,335,285 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 1,109,516 kilograms. |
| 369-S | 5,004 kilograms. |
| 431 | 194,879 dozen pairs. |
| 433 | 3,875 dozen. |
| 443 | 46,854 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 31,114 dozen. |
| 447 | 9,314 dozen. |
| 611 | 6,482,594 square meters. |
| 633 | 65,306 dozen. |
| 634 | 636,323 dozen. |
| 635 | 452,194 dozen. |
| 636 | 2,099,907 dozen. |
| 643 | 941,787 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 791,554 dozen. |
| 649 | 4,292,547 dozen. |
| 650 | 150,184 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,858,813 kilograms. |
| 847 | 382,651 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 200-227, 300-326, 332, 359-O
, 360, 362, 363, 369-O
, 400-414, 434-438, 440, 442, 444, 448, 459pt.
, 464, 469pt.
, 600-607, 613-629, 644, 659-O
, 666, 669-O
, 670-O
, 831, 833-838, 840-846, 850-858 and 859pt.
, as a group | 260,380,920 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.