# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
May 14, 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for carryforward used, swing, special swing, and special shift.
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 68577, published on November 12, 2002.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**May 8, 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, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Taiwan and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
Effective on May 14, 2003, you are directed to adjust the current limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-220, 224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 300/301, 313-315, 360-363, 369-S
, 369-O
, 400-414, 469pt
, 603, 604, 611, 613/614/615/617, 618, 619/620, 624, 625/626/627/628/629 and 666pt
, as a group | 228,318,899 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group I | |
| 225/317/326 | 46,009,868 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 17,031,646 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 22,162,195 square meters. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239pt
, 331pt.
, 332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/339, 340-345, 347/348, 351, 352/652, 359-C/659-C
, 659-H
, 359pt.
, 433-438, 440, 442, 443, 444, 445/446, 447/448, 459pt.
, 631pt.
, 633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-644, 645/646, 647/648, 651, 659-S
, 659pt.
, 846 and 852, as a group | 602,836,385 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 336 | 156,723 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,071,224 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,514,317 dozen of which not more than 1,288,567 dozen shall be in Categories 347-W/348-W
. |
| 435 | 27,866 dozen. |
| 436 | 5,497 dozen. |
| 438 | 31,020 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 146,174 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 6,468,061 dozen. |
| 642 | 748,171 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 5,351,981 dozen of which not more than 5,088,804 dozen shall be in Categories 647-W/648-W
. |
| 659-S | 1,713,821 kilograms. |
| Within Group II Subgroup | |
| 342 | 261,378 dozen. |
| 351 | 285,837 dozen. |
| 447/448 | 22,874 dozen. |
| 636 | 383,919 dozen. |
| 651 | 560,432 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.
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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.