# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in India
**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 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or manufactured in India 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**
**November 1, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in India 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 | |
| 218 | 24,368,564 square meters. |
| 219 | 104,946,651 square meters. |
| 313 | 65,201,255 square meters. |
| 314 | 12,493,649 square meters. |
| 315 | 20,984,324 square meters. |
| 317 | 54,611,405 square meters. |
| 326 | 12,411,685 square meters. |
| 334/634 | 223,315 dozen. |
| 335/635 | 994,196 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 1,445,279 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 5,378,396 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,935,925 dozen. |
| 341 | 5,772,811 dozen of which not more than 3,463,684 dozen shall be in Category 341-Y
. |
| 342/642 | 2,013,251 dozen. |
| 345 | 325,776 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,048,127 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 425,562 dozen. |
| 363 | 76,153,055 numbers. |
| 369-S | 1,136,224 kilograms. |
| 641 | 2,343,938 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,361,103 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 200, 201, 220, 224-227, 237, 239pt.
, 300, 301, 331pt.
, 332, 333, 352, 359pt.
, 360-362, 603, 604, 611-620, 624-629, 631pt.
, 633, 638, 639, 643-646, 652, 659pt.
, 666pt.
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 161,513,644 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 directive dated November 23, 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.