# 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 Sri Lanka
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
May 30, 2002.
**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 adjusted for carryforward used, carryover, swing, special shift and 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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001). Also see 66 FR 63035, published on December 4, 2001.
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**May 24, 2002.**
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 27, 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 Sri Lanka and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
Effective on May 30, 2002, you are directed to adjusting the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| 237 | 496,747 dozen. |
| 314 | 6,272,349 square meters. |
| 331pt./631pt. | 1,188,599 dozen pairs. |
| 333/633 | 28,178 dozen. |
| 334/634 | 1,392,652 dozen. |
| 335 | 274,501 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 731,188 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 2,373,506 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 1,942,683 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 3,339,264 dozen of which not more than 2,226,176 dozen shall be in Category 341 and not more than 2,094,115 dozen shall be in Category 641. |
| 342/642 | 1,122,967 dozen. |
| 345/845 | 306,045 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 591,656 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 2,102,738 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 1,694,184 kilograms. |
| 360 | 1,327,477 numbers. |
| 363 | 21,656,745 numbers. |
| 369-S | 768,141 kilograms. |
| 434 | 9,068 dozen. |
| 435 | 19,432 dozen. |
| 440 | 9,638 dozen. |
| 611 | 3,474,240 square meters. |
| 635 | 728,219 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 1,603,686 dozen. |
| 644 | 952,654 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 229,079 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,588,840 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,
**James C. Leonard III,**
*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*