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 Thailand

---
identifier: "/us/fr/03-26429"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "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 Thailand"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "03-26429"
section_name: "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 Thailand"
positive_law: false
currency: "2003-10-20"
last_updated: "2003-10-20"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements"
document_number: "03-26429"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2003-10-20"
agencies:
  - "Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements"
fr_citation: "68 FR 59929"
fr_volume: 68
fr_action: "Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection."
---


#  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 Thailand

**AGENCY:**

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

**ACTION:**

Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

**EFFECTIVE DATE:**

October 20, 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 the charging of additional carryforward used, swing, carryover, and 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 63633, published on October 15, 2002.

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: 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 Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.

Effective on October 20, 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I |  |
| 200 | 2,088,878 kilograms. |
| 218 | 27,328,680 square meters. |
| 219 | 11,843,261 square meters. |
| 300 | 7,422,111 kilograms. |
| 301-O | 1,696,915 kilograms. |
| 314-O | 78,712,514 square meters. |
| 315-O | 55,703,467 square meters. |
| 317-O/326-O | 23,384,855 square meters. |
| 363 | 36,207,254 numbers. |
| 604 | 1,303,272 kilograms of which not more than 835,551 kilograms shall be in Category 604-A 
                                
                                . |
| 613/614/615 | 84,185,472 square meters of which not more than 49,019,053 square meters shall be in Categories 613/615 and not more than 49,019,053 square meters shall be in Category 614. |
| 617 | 30,400,308 square meters. |
| 619 | 12,903,804 square meters. |
| 620 | 12,759,104 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 23,078,445 square meters of which not more than 17,564,156 square meters shall be in Category 625. |
| Group II |  |
| 237, 331pt.
                                
                                , 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt. 
                                
                                , 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt. 
                                
                                , 631pt. 
                                
                                , 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H 
                                
                                , 659pt. 
                                
                                , 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 477,314,603 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II |  |
| 334/634 | 1,086,218 dozen. |
| 335/635 | 895,186 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 577,905 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 2,801,379 dozen. |
| 340 | 532,949 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 1,258,348 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 1,095,502 dozen. |
| 345 | 538,719 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,386,349 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 425,302 dozen. |
| 433 | 11,591 dozen. |
| 434 | 14,953 dozen. |
| 435 | 67,943 dozen. |
| 438 | 22,428 dozen. |
| 442 | 26,045 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 3,339,939 dozen. |
| 640 | 919,104 dozen. |
| 645/646 | 557,035 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,989,414 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,

**James C. Leonard III,**

*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*