# 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 the Republic of Korea
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
September 25, 2002.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ross Arnold, 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 Web site at *http://www.customs.gov* . For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site 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 used, carryover, carryforward, 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 59578, published on November 29, 2001.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**September 19, 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 23, 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 the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
Effective on September 25, 2002, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-220, 224-V
, 224-O
, 225-227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt.,
, 400-414, 469pt.,
, 603, 604, 611-620, 625-629, 666pt.
, as a group | 263,129,459 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group I | |
| 200 | 611,860 kilograms. |
| 201 | 3,086,357 kilograms. |
| 611 | 4,874,010 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 109,568,965 square meters. |
| 624 | 10,483,577 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 20,238,741 square meters. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239pt.
, 331pt.
, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt., 433-438, 440-448, 459-W
, 459pt.
, 631pt.
, 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H
, 659-S
and 659pt.
, as a group | 569,731,238 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group II | |
| 333/334/335 | 352,496 dozen of which not more than 180,165 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 336 | 73,964 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,542,919 dozen. |
| 340 | 890,087 dozen of which not more than 462,162 dozen shall be in Category 340-D
. |
| 341 | 246,366 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 285,944 dozen. |
| 345 | 153,606 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 655,977 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 300,391 dozen. |
| 352 | 233,756 dozen. |
| 433 | 15,378 dozen. |
| 434 | 7,887 dozen. |
| 435 | 40,767 dozen. |
| 436 | 17,286 dozen. |
| 438 | 68,033 dozen. |
| 442 | 58,415 dozen. |
| 443 | 344,600 numbers. |
| 444 | 62,488 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 57,689 dozen. |
| 447 | 98,422 dozen. |
| 448 | 41,096 dozen. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,439,396 dozen of which not more than 163,224 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 608,286 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 636 | 325,615 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 5,604,067 dozen. |
| 640-D | 3,024,604 dozen. |
| 640-O | 2,884,380 dozen. |
| 641 | 1,139,818 dozen of which not more than 44,188 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y
. |
| 643 | 866,692 numbers. |
| 644 | 1,328,271 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 4,131,575 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,434,681 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,572,144 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 235,319 kilograms. |
| Levels not in a group | |
| 846 | 471,850 dozen. |
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
**James C. Leonard III,**
*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*