# 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 Taiwan
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
December 5, 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://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, special shift and the partial undoing of 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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 66 FR 11003, published on February 21, 2001.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**November 29, 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 February 15, 2001, 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 Taiwan and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
Effective on December 5, 2001, you are directed to adjust the current limits for the following categories, as provided for under the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement:
| Category | Twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 229, 300/301/607, 313-315, 360-363, 369-L/670-L/870
, 369-S
, 369-O
, 400-414, 464-469, 600-606, 611, 613/614/615/617, 618, 619/620, 621, 623, 624, 625/626/627/628/629, 665, 666, 669-P
, 669-T
, 669-O
, 670-H
and 670-O
, as a group | 637,647,295 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group I | |
| 225/317/326 | 44,029,602 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 16,298,603 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 21,208,333 square meters. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650, 351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C
, 359-H/659-H
, 359-O
, 431-444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632, 633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653, 654, 659-S
, 659-O
, 831-844 and 846-859, as a group | 748,129,292 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 331 | 452,617 dozen pairs. |
| 338/339 | 1,048,319 dozen. |
| 345 | 138,156 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,368,978 dozen of which not more than 1,164,527 dozen shall be in Categories 347-W/348-W |
| 435 | 27,683 dozen. |
| 438 | 30,823 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 147,084 dozen. |
| 631 | 5,615,350 dozen pairs. |
| 647/648 | 5,602,291 dozen of which not more than 5,339,114 dozen shall be in Categories 647-W/648-W
. |
| Within Group II Subgroup | |
| 351 | 333,765 dozen. |
| 447/448 | 22,728 dozen. |
| 651 | 526,834 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.