# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
January 1, 2003.
**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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during the period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 are based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2003 limits.
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. Information regarding the 2003 CORRELATION will be published in the *Federal Register* at a later date.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**September 3, 2002.**
Commissioner of Customs,
*Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.*
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint limit |
| --- | --- |
| Aggregate Limit | |
| 200-221, 224-227, 237, 239pt.
, 300-326, 331pt.
, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt.
, 360-363, 369pt.
, 400-430, 433-438, 440-448, 459pt.
, 469pt.
, 601-605, 608-620, 623-629, 631pt.
, 633-648, 651-652, 659pt.
, 666pt.
, as a group | 739,844,778 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within the aggregate | |
| 218 | 9,853,480 square meters. |
| 219 | 35,973,957 square meters. |
| 225 | 17,243,592 square meters. |
| 300/301 | 13,363,587 kilograms. |
| 313 | 82,751,739 square meters. |
| 314 | 13,548,539 square meters. |
| 315 | 40,645,615 square meters. |
| 317/326 | 36,950,555 square meters. |
| 334/335 | 265,154 dozen. |
| 336 | 147,311 dozen. |
| 338/339/638/639 | 2,651,551 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 780,732 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,915,009 dozen. |
| 361 | 2,003,393 numbers. |
| 363 | 42,757,242 numbers. |
| 410/624 | 19,706,964 square meters of which not more than 2,920,158 square meters shall be in Category 410. |
| 433 | 20,271 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 79,410 dozen. |
| 604 | 935,451 kilograms of which not more than 714,953 kilograms shall be in Category 604-A
. |
| 647/648 | 883,852 dozen. |
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see directive dated November 9, 2001) to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limits set forth in this directive.
The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is 10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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.