# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey
**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 Turkey 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 Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
| Category | Restraint limit |
| --- | --- |
| Fabric Group | |
| 219, 313-O
, 314-O
, 315-O
, 317-O
, 326-O
, 617, 625/626/627/628/629, as a group | 278,517,342 square meters of which not more than 63,646,891 square meters shall be in Category 219; not more than 77,790,644 square meters shall be in Category 313-O; not more than 45,260,011 square meters shall be in Category 314-O; not more than 60,818,144 square meters shall be in Category 315-O; not more than 63,646,891 square meters shall be in Category 317-O; not more than 7,071,875 square meters shall be in Category 326-O, and not more than 42,431,264 square meters shall be in Category 617. |
| Sublevel in Fabric Group | |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 28,651,713 square meters of which not more than 11,460,683 square meters shall be in Category 625; not more than 11,460,683 square meters shall be in Category 626; not more than 11,460,683 square meters shall be in Category 627; not more than 11,460,683 square meters shall be in Category 628; and not more than 11,460,683 square meters shall be in Category 629. |
| Limits not in a group | |
| 200 | 2,685,509 kilograms. |
| 300/301 | 13,075,550 kilograms. |
| 335 | 564,562 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 1,329,857 dozen. |
| 338/339/638/639 | 8,280,244 dozen of which not more than 7,452,221 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S
. |
| 340/640 | 2,140,759 dozen of which not more than 608,859 dozen shall be in Categories 340-Y/640-Y
. |
| 341/641 | 2,114,099 dozen of which not more than 739,935 dozen shall be in Categories 341-Y/641-Y
. |
| 342/642 | 1,480,408 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 8,054,420 dozen of which not more than 2,801,676 dozen shall be in Categories 347-T/348-T
. |
| 351/651 | 1,342,404 dozen. |
| 361 | 2,822,812 numbers. |
| 369-S | 2,918,250 kilograms. |
| 410/624 | 1,195,222 square meters of which not more than 836,656 square meters shall be in Category 410. |
| 448 | 41,012 dozen. |
| 604 | 3,368,517 kilograms. |
| 611 | 84,269,738 square meters. |
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 27, 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.
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.