# 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 Malaysia
**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 Malaysia 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**
**October 9, 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 Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following limits:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint limit |
| --- | --- |
| Fabric Group | |
| 218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O
, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a group | 195,978,516 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within the group | |
| 218 | 11,244,284 square meters. |
| 219 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 220 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 225 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 226 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 227 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 313 | 64,966,974 square meters. |
| 314 | 78,160,182 square meters. |
| 315 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 317 | 54,472,310 square meters. |
| 326 | 10,533,717 square meters. |
| 611-O | 6,320,231 square meters. |
| 613/614/615/617 | 62,528,148 square meters. |
| 619 | 8,426,974 square meters. |
| 620 | 10,533,717 square meters. |
| Other specific limits | |
| 200 | 474,165 kilograms. |
| 237 | 637,988 dozen. |
| 300/301 | 5,029,058 kilograms. |
| 331pt./631pt. | 884,713 dozen pairs. |
| 333/334/335 | 395,859 dozen of which not more than 237,585 dozen shall be in Category 333. |
| 336/636 | 768,788 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,906,007 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,220,127 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 2,877,368 dozen of which not more than 1,026,503 dozen shall be in Category 341. |
| 342/642 | 687,058 dozen. |
| 345 | 264,283 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 807,769 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 427,646 dozen. |
| 363 | 6,699,443 numbers. |
| 435 | 16,720 dozen. |
| 438-W | 13,683 dozen. |
| 442 | 20,376 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 32,343 dozen. |
| 604 | 2,205,129 kilograms. |
| 634/635 | 1,342,953 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 791,099 dozen. |
| 645/646 | 605,079 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 2,847,442 dozen of which not more than 1,993,206 dozen shall be in Category 647-K
and not more than 1,993,206 dozen shall be in Category 648-K |
| Group II | |
| 201, 224, 239pt
, 332, 352, 359pt.
, 360-362, 369pt.
, 400-414, 433, 434, 436, 438-O
, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448, 459pt.
, 469pt.
, 603, 618, 624-629, 633, 643, 644, 652, 659pt.
, 666pt.
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 29,124,333 square meters equivalent. |
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 the November 27, 2001 directive) 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.