# 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 the Republic of Korea
**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:**
October 16, 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 swing, carryover, carryforward 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 63629, published on October 15, 2002.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**October 7, 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 8, 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 the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
Effective on October 16, 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Group I | |
| 200-220, 224-V
, 224-O
, 225-227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt.,
, 400-414, 469pt.,
, 603, 604, 611-620, 625-629, 666pt.
, as a group | 268,944,094 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group I | |
| 200 | 640,029 kilograms. |
| 201 | 3,429,125 kilograms. |
| 611 | 5,098,397 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 111,586,677 square meters. |
| 624 | 10,966,215 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 21,170,481 square meters. |
| Group II | |
| 237, 239pt.
, 331pt.
, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt., 433-438, 440-448, 459-W
, 459pt.
, 631pt.
, 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H
, 659-S
and 659pt.
, as a group | 583,849,978 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group II | |
| 333/334/335 | 368,724 dozen of which not more than 188,460 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 336 | 70,780 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,638,771 dozen. |
| 340 | 931,065 dozen of which not more than 483,439 dozen shall be in Category 340-D
. |
| 341 | 253,172 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 299,108 dozen. |
| 345 | 160,678 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 718,630 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 314,220 dozen. |
| 352 | 244,517 dozen. |
| 433 | 15,519 dozen. |
| 434 | 7,959 dozen. |
| 435 | 41,586 dozen. |
| 436 | 17,605 dozen. |
| 438 | 69,286 dozen. |
| 442 | 59,492 dozen. |
| 444 | 63,639 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 58,220 dozen. |
| 447 | 99,328 dozen. |
| 448 | 41,853 dozen. |
| 459-W | 113,213 kilograms. |
| 631pt. | 83,909 dozen pairs. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,447,348 dozen of which not more than 164,125 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 611,645 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 636 | 341,220 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 5,635,027 dozen. |
| 640-D | 3,049,675 dozen. |
| 640-O | 2,910,937 dozen. |
| 641 | 1,151,914 dozen of which not more than 44,676 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y
. |
| 643 | 876,267 numbers. |
| 644 | 1,342,946 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 4,169,617 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,426,540 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,615,571 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 246,152 kilograms. |
| Levels not in a group | |
| 846 | 470,126 dozen. |
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,
**Philip J. Martello,**
*Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*