# Adjustment of Import 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, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
June 13, 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 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted, variously, for swing, special swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward, and 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 63896, published on October 16 2002.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
**June 9, 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 October 9, 2002, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
Effective on June 13, 2003, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Fabric Group | |
| 218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O
, 613/614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a group | 193,066,083 square meters equivalent. |
| Other specific limits | |
| 237 | 608,922 dozen. |
| 300/301 | 5,682,835 kilograms. |
| 338/339 | 2,146,105 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,190,188 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 2,760,483 dozen of which not more than 1,026,503 dozen shall be in Category 341. |
| 347/348 | 1,074,332 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 496,069 dozen. |
| 604 | 1,811,407 kilograms. |
| 638/639 | 973,052 dozen. |
| 645/646 | 496,865 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 2,726,277 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 | 35,240,443 square meters equivalent. |
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.*