# Adjustment of Import 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, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
July 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 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 for carryover, carryforward, swing, special shift, the allowance for 100% cotton apparel items of handloomed fabric, and the recrediting of unused carryforward.
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 68569, published on November 12, 2002.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**July 23, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
Effective on July 29, 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 | Adjusted twelve-month limit |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I | |
| 218 | 27,049,106 square meters. |
| 219 | 98,446,174 square meters. |
| 313 | 71,697,337 square meters. |
| 314 | 13,867,950 square meters. |
| 315 | 23,292,600 square meters. |
| 317 | 24,936,738 square meters. |
| 326 | 13,776,970 square meters. |
| 334/634 | 263,512 dozen. |
| 335/635 | 1,222,862 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 1,707,151 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 5,777,024 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 3,341,638 dozen. |
| 341 | 6,636,453 dozen of which not more than 4,017,873 dozen shall be in Category 341-Y
. |
| 342/642 | 2,476,300 dozen. |
| 345 | 384,415 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,342,531 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 479,170 dozen. |
| 363 | 80,482,444 numbers. |
| 369-S | 1,340,745 kilograms. |
| 641 | 2,360,009 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,448,882 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 | 186,847,246 square meters equivalent. |
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
**James C. Leonard III,**
*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*