# 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 Indonesia
**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 Web site at *http://www.customs.gov* . For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site 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 Indonesia 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), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998.
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 2003 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**
**November 13, 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; the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC); a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998, 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 Indonesia 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Levels in Group I | |
| 200 | 1,477,649 kilograms. |
| 219 | 16,414,326 square meters. |
| 225 | 11,494,286 square meters. |
| 300/301 | 7,024,287 kilograms. |
| 313-O | 29,783,618 square meters. |
| 314-O | 103,996,948 square meters. |
| 315-O | 47,254,277 square meters. |
| 317-O
/617/326-O | 45,640,819 square meters of which not more than 6,743,928 square meters shall be in Category 326-O. |
| 331pt./631pt. | 1,850,392 dozen pairs. |
| 334/335 | 384,072 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 1,014,842 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,962,017 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,416,276 dozen. |
| 341 | 1,453,274 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 604,069 dozen. |
| 345 | 742,775 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 2,657,905 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 830,141 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 2,426,572 kilograms. |
| 359-S/659-S | 2,554,284 kilograms. |
| 360 | 2,273,304 numbers. |
| 361 | 2,273,304 numbers. |
| 369-S | 1,567,932 kilograms. |
| 433 | 11,931 dozen. |
| 443 | 88,517 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 63,028 dozen. |
| 447 | 17,705 dozen. |
| 448 | 23,165 dozen. |
| 604-A | 1,219,495 kilograms. |
| 611-O | 7,647,547 square meters. |
| 613/614/615 | 43,295,136 square meters. |
| 618-O | 10,217,143 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 15,836,570 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629-O | 48,320,991 square meters. |
| 634/635 | 510,856 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 2,512,931 dozen. |
| 641 | 3,894,526 dozen. |
| 643 | 568,329 numbers. |
| 644 | 752,666 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 1,344,245 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 5,569,021 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 201, 218, 220, 224, 226, 227, 237, 239pt.
, 332, 333, 352, 359-O
, 362, 363, 369-O
, 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
, 469pt.
, 603, 604-O
, 624, 633, 652, 659-O
, 666pt.
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 163,930,335 square meters equivalent. |
| Subgroup in Group II | |
| 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt. and 469pt., as a group | 3,319,772 square meters equivalent. |
| In Group II subgroup | |
| 435 | 52,120 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.
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.