# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
July 26, 2001.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Roy Unger, 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, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website at http://www.otexa.ita.doc.gov.
**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 increased for carryover, swing, carryforward and the recrediting of unused carryforward.
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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 65 FR 66974, published on November 8, 2000.
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**July 20, 2001.**
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 2, 2000, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
Effective on July 26, 2001, you are directed to adjust the current limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted limit |
| --- | --- |
| 219 | 1,818,089 square meters. |
| 226/313 | 3,108,977 square meters. |
| 317 | 43,725,463 square meters. |
| 326 | 3,093,521 square meters. |
| 334/634 | 353,831 dozen. |
| 335/635/835 | 237,502 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 338,475 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 934,844 dozen of which not more than 586,300 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S
. |
| 340/640 | 545,213 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 524,380 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 398,787 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 653,309 dozen of which not more than 343,452 dozen shall be in Categories 347-T/348-T
. |
| 351/651 | 257,251 dozen. |
| 352 | 551,979 dozen. |
| 363 | 9,589,614 numbers. |
| 369-O | 914,603 kilograms. |
| 369-S | 136,179 kilograms. |
| 638/639 | 335,545 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 480,948 dozen. |
| 847 | 333,471 dozen. |
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,
**J. Hayden Boyd,**
*Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*