# 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 Macau
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
October 25, 2001.
**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 Web site at *http://www.customs.gov.* For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site at *http://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 adjusted for 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 69913, published on November 21, 2000.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**October 18, 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 15, 2000, 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 Macau and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
Effective on October 25, 2001, 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 | |
| 333/334/335/833/834/835 | 455,414 dozen of which not more than 239,896 dozen shall be in Categories 333/335/833/835. |
| 336/836 | 103,369 dozen. |
| 338 | 538,188 dozen. |
| 339 | 2,349,081 dozen. |
| 340 | 539,003 dozen. |
| 342 | 160,500 dozen. |
| 345 | 90,231 dozen. |
| 347/348/847 | 1,286,900 dozen. |
| 351/851 | 120,780 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 625,313 kilograms. |
| 359-V | 215,888 kilograms. |
| 638/639/838 | 3,003,100 dozen. |
| 642/842 | 211,265 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 934,689 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 400-431, 433-438, 440-448, 459pt.
, 464 and 469pt.
, as a group | 1,744,810 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevel in Group II | |
| 445/446 | 94,772 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,
**D. Michael Hutchinson,**
*Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*