# 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 adjusting limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
August 26, 2003.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Roy Unger, 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, 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.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**August 20, 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 August 26, 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 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 | 609,060,139 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 336 | 166,779 dozen. |
| 340 | 1,249,024 dozen. |
| 345 | 147,035 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,733,424 dozen. |
| 435 | 28,129 dozen. |
| 438 | 31,315 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 147,566 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 6,533,712 dozen. |
| 640 | 1,002,515 dozen of which not more than 281,710 dozen shall be in Category 640-Y
. |
| 642 | 799,193 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 5,404,466 dozen of which not more than 5,141,289 dozen shall be in Categories 647-W/648-W
. |
| 659-H | 2,511,597 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 1,729,838 kilograms. |
| Group II Subgroup | |
| 333/334/335, 341, 342, 351, 447/448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group | 74,322,479 square meters equivalent. |
| Within Group II Subgroup | |
| 333/334/335 | 338,564 dozen of which not more than 183,391 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 341 | 368,564 dozen. |
| 342 | 274,698 dozen. |
| 351 | 276,982 dozen. |
| 447/448 | 23,092 dozen. |
| 636 | 407,264 dozen. |
| 651 | 598,197 dozen. |
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.