# 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:**
August 9, 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://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 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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001). Also see 66 FR 67232, published on December 28, 2001.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**July 30, 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 December 20, 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, 2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
Effective on August 9, 2002, 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 | Twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-220, 224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 300/301, 313-315, 360-363, 369-S
, 369-O
, 400-414, 469pt
, 603, 604, 611, 613/614/615/617, 618, 619/620, 624, 625/626/627/628/629 and 666pt
, as a group | 218,531,351 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group I | |
| 225/317/326 | 45,010,775 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 16,661,808 square meters. |
| Group I subgroup | |
| 200, 219, 313, 314, 315, 361, 369-S and 604, as a group | 155,458,524 square meters equivalent. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239pt
, 331pt.
, 332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/339, 340-345, 347/348, 351, 352/652, 359-C/659-C
, 659-H
, 359pt.
, 433-438, 440, 442, 443, 444, 445/446, 447/448, 459pt.
, 631pt.
, 633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-644, 645/646, 647/648, 651, 659-S
, 659pt.
, 846 and 852, as a group | 618,291,051 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 336 | 157,797 dozen. |
| 340 | 1,250,601 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,618,536 dozen. |
| 659-H | 2,495,749 kilograms. |
| 438 | 30,924 dozen. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,667,128 dozen of which not more than 978,503 dozen shall be in Categories 633/634 and not more than 867,079 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 638/639 | 6,541,662 dozen. |
| 640 | 999,426 dozen of which not more than 281,710 dozen shall be in Category 640-Y
. |
| 642 | 819,415 dozen. |
| 659-S | 1,729,838 kilograms. |
| Group II Subgroup | |
| 333/334/335, 341, 342, 351, 447/448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group | 73,435,466 square meters equivalent. |
| Within Group II Subgroup | |
| 333/334/335 | 347,640 dozen of which not more than 188,306 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 341 | 366,238 dozen. |
| 342 | 252,995 dozen. |
| 351 | 322,641 dozen. |
| 447/448 | 22,803 dozen. |
| 636 | 406,481 dozen. |
| 651 | 522,790 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.