# Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Qatar
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting a limit.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
April 29, 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 this limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 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 current limit for Categories 347/348 is being reduced for carryforward used.
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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Also see 67 FR 68574, published on November 12, 2002.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**April 22, 2003.**
Commissioner,
*Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.*
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on November 1, 2002, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Qatar and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003.
Effective on April 29, 2003, you are directed to reduce the current limit for Categories 347/348 to 783,285 dozen [^1] , as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
[^1] The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 2002.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.