# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines
**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:**
Naomi Freeman, 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 the Philippines 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 availability of 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**
**October 8, 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Philippines 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I | |
| 237 | 2,817,254 dozen. |
| 331pt./631pt. | 2,508,042 dozen pairs. |
| 333/334 | 441,328 dozen of which not more than 63,358 dozen shall be in Category 333. |
| 335 | 287,260 dozen. |
| 336 | 1,045,361 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 3,010,898 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 1,337,015 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 1,206,487 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 904,185 dozen. |
| 345 | 269,264 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 3,167,764 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 986,193 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,873,037 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 1,339,891 kilograms. |
| 361 | 3,010,999 numbers. |
| 369-S | 682,518 kilograms. |
| 433 | 3,638 dozen. |
| 443 | 43,984 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 30,042 dozen. |
| 447 | 8,352 dozen. |
| 611 | 9,036,247 square meters. |
| 633 | 58,261 dozen. |
| 634 | 722,860 dozen. |
| 635 | 406,743 dozen. |
| 636 | 2,724,275 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 3,093,012 dozen. |
| 643 | 1,391,609 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 1,110,327 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,911,398 dozen. |
| 659-H | 2,244,769 kilograms. |
| Group II | |
| 200-220, 224-227, 300-326, 332, 359pt.
, 360, 362, 363, 369pt.
, 400-414, 434-438, 442, 444, 448, 459pt.
, 469pt.
, 603, 604, 613-620, 624-629, 644, 659-O
, 666pt.
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 223,178,785 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevel in Group II | |
| 604 | 3,192,230 kilograms. |
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.