# 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 Malaysia
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
November 2, 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 for carryover, carryforward, swing, special swing 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 62657, published on November 17, 1999.
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**October 27, 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 November 8, 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 Malaysia and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31, 2000.
Effective on November 2, 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Sublevels within Fabric Group | |
| 620 | 9,104,151 square meters. |
| Other specific limits | |
| 200 | 399,714 kilograms. |
| 336/636 | 693,958 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,599,343 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 1,319,054 dozen of which not more than 765,775 dozen shall be in Category 341. |
| 342/642/842 | 488,474 dozen. |
| 345 | 238,559 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 720,379 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 36,271 dozen. |
| 604 | 1,921,483 kilograms. |
| 638/639 | 684,616 dozen. |
| 645/646 | 203,848 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 2,470,403 dozen of which not more than 1,486,940 dozen shall be in Category 647-K
and not more than 1,486,940 dozen shall be in Category 648-K
. |
| Group II | |
| 201, 222-224, 239pt.
, 332, 352, 359pt.
, 360-362, 369pt.
, 400-431, 433, 434, 436, 438-O
, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448, 459pt.
, 464, 469pt.
, 600-603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622, 624-629, 633, 643, 644, 649, 652, 659pt.
, 666, 669pt.
, 670, 831, 833, 834, 836, 838, 840, 843-858 and 859pt.
, as a group | 54,741,268 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,
Richard B. Steinkamp,
*Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*