# Announcement of Import Restraint 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 establishing limits.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
January 1, 2004.
**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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 are based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the 2004 limits. Carryforward applied to the 2003 limits is being deducted from the 2004 limits.
These limits are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body. However, as the ATC and all restrictions thereunder will terminate on January 1, 2005, no adjustment for carryforward (borrowing from next year's limits for use in the current year) will be available.
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). Information regarding the 2004 Correlation will be published in the *Federal Register* at a later date.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**October 14, 2003.**
Commissioner,
*Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.*
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2004, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31, 2004, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint 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 | 251,715,942 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group I | |
| 200 | 576,047 kilograms. |
| 201 | 3,839,661 kilograms. |
| 218 | 11,904,271 square meters. |
| 219 | 10,839,662 square meters. |
| 224-V | 13,665,051 square meters. |
| 300/301 | 3,993,265 kilograms. |
| 313 | 65,076,679 square meters. |
| 314 | 36,283,903 square meters. |
| 315 | 21,151,383 square meters. |
| 317/326 | 24,184,185 square meters. |
| 363 | 1,393,671 numbers. |
| 410 | 3,917,219 square meters. |
| 604 | 519,053 kilograms. |
| 611 | 4,670,666 square meters. |
| 613/614 | 7,936,180 square meters. |
| 617 | 6,581,224 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 102,210,837 square meters. |
| 624 | 11,613,923 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 19,928,173 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 | 582,607,892 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group II | |
| 237 | 78,973 dozen. |
| 239pt. | 319,325 kilograms. |
| 333/334/335 | 350,301 dozen of which not more than 179,044 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 336 | 74,751 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,556,888 dozen. |
| 340 | 809,582 dozen of which not more than 420,361 dozen shall be in Category 340-D
. |
| 341 | 207,399 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 281,556 dozen. |
| 345 | 152,723 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 576,047 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 298,663 dozen. |
| 352 | 232,413 dozen. |
| 433 | 14,493 dozen. |
| 434 | 7,433 dozen. |
| 435 | 38,474 dozen. |
| 436 | 16,287 dozen. |
| 438 | 65,298 dozen. |
| 440 | 208,662 dozen. |
| 442 | 55,038 dozen. |
| 443 | 318,836 numbers. |
| 444 | 59,975 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 54,368 dozen. |
| 447 | 92,757 dozen. |
| 448 | 38,720 dozen. |
| 459-W | 104,740 kilograms. |
| 631pt. | 79,754 dozen pairs. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,385,451 dozen of which not more than 157,107 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 585,489 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 636 | 311,222 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 5,339,862 dozen. |
| 640-D | 3,294,663 dozen. |
| 640-O | 2,718,346 dozen. |
| 641 | 1,106,570 dozen of which not more than 41,797 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y
. |
| 643 | 819,801 numbers. |
| 644 | 1,233,354 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 3,699,208 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,450,258 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,536,487 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 233,967 kilograms. |
| Group III-only 852 | 13,340,356 square meters equivalent. |
| Levels not in a group | |
| 845 | 2,315,056 dozen. |
| 846 | 826,905 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.
Products in the above categories exported during 2003 shall be charged to the applicable category limits for that year ( *see* directive dated October 8, 2002) to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limits set forth in this directive.
The conversion factors for the following merged categories are listed below:
| Category | Conversion factor (Square meters equivalent/category unit) |
| --- | --- |
| 333/334/335 | 33.75 |
| 633/634/635 | 34.1 |
| 638/639 | 12.96 |
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection should construe entry into the United States for consumption to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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.