# Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
November 7, 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 carryforward, carryforward used, carryover, 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 68336, published on December 7, 1999.
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**November 2, 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 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 Thailand and exported during the period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on November 7, 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 | |
| 300 | 5,596,806 kilograms. |
| 363 | 26,344,301 numbers. |
| 369-D | 297,912 kilograms. |
| 611-O | 12,184,476 square meters. |
| 613/614/615 | 55,897,655 square meters of which not more than 32,944,512 square meters shall be in Categories 613/615 and not more than 32,944,512 square meters shall be in Category 614. |
| 619 | 9,161,425 square meters. |
| 620 | 9,518,343 square meters. |
| 669-P | 8,764,290 kilograms. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H
, 359pt.
, 431, 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt.
, 631, 633-652, 659-H
, 659pt.
, 831, 833-838, 840-858 and 859pt.
, as a group | 371,312,509 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 331/631 | 2,268,102 dozen pairs. |
| 334/634 | 717,945 dozen. |
| 335/635/835 | 592,348 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 2,653,046 dozen. |
| 340 | 389,802 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 938,731 dozen. |
| 347/348/847 | 1,077,944 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 323,226 dozen. |
| 435 | 64,571 dozen. |
| 438 | 21,315 dozen. |
| 442 | 24,752 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 2,564,025 dozen. |
| 640 | 593,719 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,457,982 dozen. |
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,
Richard B. Steinkamp,
*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*