# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
**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:**
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 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 Indonesia 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), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998.
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**
**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; the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia 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 | |
| 200 | 1,330,628 kilograms. |
| 219 | 14,781,156 square meters. |
| 225 | 10,350,643 square meters. |
| 300/301 | 6,325,394 kilograms. |
| 313-O | 26,820,249 square meters. |
| 314-O | 93,649,603 square meters. |
| 315-O | 42,552,636 square meters. |
| 317-O
/617/326-O | 41,099,712 square meters of which not more than 6,072,930 square meters shall be in Category 326-O. |
| 331pt./631pt. | 1,666,284 dozen pairs. |
| 334/335 | 345,858 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 966,065 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,867,716 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,300,141 dozen. |
| 341 | 1,383,424 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 575,035 dozen. |
| 345 | 668,871 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 2,530,157 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 747,545 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 2,185,136 kilograms. |
| 359-S/659-S | 2,300,141 kilograms. |
| 360 | 2,047,118 numbers. |
| 361 | 2,047,118 numbers. |
| 369-S | 1,411,928 kilograms. |
| 433 | 12,449 dozen. |
| 443 | 92,357 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 61,888 dozen. |
| 447 | 18,473 dozen. |
| 448 | 22,746 dozen. |
| 604-A | 1,098,159 kilograms. |
| 611-O | 6,886,642 square meters. |
| 613/614/615 | 38,987,416 square meters. |
| 618-O | 9,200,572 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 14,260,885 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629-O | 43,513,216 square meters. |
| 634/635 | 460,028 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 2,392,151 dozen. |
| 641 | 3,507,034 dozen. |
| 643 | 511,782 numbers. |
| 644 | 716,490 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 1,210,497 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 5,014,922 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 201, 218, 220, 224, 226, 227, 237, 239pt.
, 332, 333, 352, 359-O
, 362, 363, 369-O
, 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
, 469pt.
, 603, 604-O
, 624, 633, 652, 659-O
, 666pt.
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 138,437,136 square meters equivalent. |
| Subgroup in Group II | |
| 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt. and 469pt., as a group | 3,259,744 square meters equivalent. |
| In Group II subgroup | |
| 435 | 51,178 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 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.