# 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 11, 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.cbp.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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Also see 68 FR 59927, published on October 20, 2003.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**August 5, 2004.**
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 14, 2003, 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, 2004 and extends through December 31, 2004.
Effective on August 11, 2004, 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 I | |
| 200-220, 224, 225/317/326, 226, 227, 300/301, 313-315, 360-363, 369-S
, 369-O
, 400-414, 469pt
, 603, 604, 611, 613/614/615/617, 618, 619/620, 624, 625/626/627/628/629 and 666pt
, as a group | 239,417,293 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevel in Group I | |
| 225/317/326 | 47,914,333 square meters. |
| Group I subgroup | |
| 200, 219, 313, 314, 315, 361, 369-S and 604, as a group | 163,377,022 square meters equivalent. |
| Within Group I subgroup | |
| 604 | 266,988 kilograms. |
| 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 | 618,027,564 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels in Group II | |
| 336 | 163,111 dozen. |
| 340 | 1,214,146 dozen. |
| 345 | 141,872 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,851,960 dozen. |
| 435 | 28,486 dozen. |
| 438 | 31,713 dozen. |
| 445/446 | 148,503 dozen. |
| 640 | 1,038,909 dozen of which not more than 281,710 dozen shall be in Category 640-Y
. |
| 642 | 795,585 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 | 2,527,546 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 | 75,225,778 square meters equivalent. |
| Within Group II Subgroup | |
| 341 | 370,905 dozen. |
| 342 | 279,795 dozen. |
| 351 | 253,285 dozen. |
| 636 | 420,902 dozen. |
| 651 | 601,995 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.
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.