# 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 the Republic of Korea
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
October 17, 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 adjusted, variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward, carryforward used and special shift.
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 68334, published on December 7, 1999.
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
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 December 1, 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 Korea and exported during the period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on October 17, 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 limit |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-223, 224-V
, 224-O
, 225-227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt.
, 400-414, 464, 469pt.
, 600-629, 666, 669-P
, 669pt.
and 670-O
, as a group | 420,482,425 square meters equivalent. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239pt.
, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H
, 359pt.
, 431, 433-438, 440-448, 459-W
, 459pt.
, 631, 633-652, 659-H
, 659-S
and 659pt.
, as a group | 600,653,070 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group II | |
| 333/334/335 | 325,193 dozen of which not more than 166,211 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 336 | 68,922 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,430,197 dozen. |
| 340 | 798,508 dozen of which not more than 422,170 dozen shall be in Category 340-D
. |
| 341 | 189,050 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 263,796 dozen. |
| 345 | 141,709 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 575,581 dozen. |
| 350 | 20,172 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 277,125 dozen. |
| 352 | 215,097 dozen. |
| 433 | 15,127 dozen. |
| 434 | 7,759 dozen. |
| 435 | 39,522 dozen. |
| 436 | 16,729 dozen. |
| 438 | 65,847 dozen. |
| 442 | 56,539 dozen. |
| 443 | 344,600 numbers. |
| 444 | 60,480 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 56,751 dozen. |
| 447 | 95,012 dozen. |
| 448 | 39,776 dozen. |
| 459-W | 107,596 kilograms. |
| 631 | 364,124 dozen pairs. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,425,286 dozen of which not more than 161,624 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 602,324 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 636 | 309,393 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 5,456,769 dozen. |
| 640-D | 3,002,692 dozen. |
| 640-O | 2,837,492 dozen. |
| 641 | 1,164,074 dozen of which not more than 49,403 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y
. |
| 647/648 | 1,421,191 dozen. |
| 650 | 29,520 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,497,317 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 217,092 kilograms. |
| Group III | |
| 831, 833-838, 840-844, 847-858 and 859pt.
, as a group | 17,653,944 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevel within Group III | |
| 835 | 31,846 dozen. |
| Group VI | |
| 369-L/670-L/870
, as a group | 70,506,099 square meters equivalent. |
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,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.