# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber 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:**
August 25, 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 swing, special shift, carryover, and the recrediting of unused 2003 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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Also see 68 FR 59919, 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 20, 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 the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2004 and extends through December 31, 2004.
Effective on August 25, 2004, 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 | 259,327,567 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group I | |
| 200 | 616,640 kilograms. |
| 201 | 3,809,845 kilograms. |
| 611 | 4,904,560 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 111,556,380 square meters. |
| 624 | 11,471,072 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 20,316,622 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 | 595,364,797 square meters equivalent. |
| Sublevels within Group II | |
| 333/334/335 | 378,557 dozen of which not more than 191,891 dozen shall be in Category 335. |
| 336 | 81,510 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,676,292 dozen. |
| 340 | 874,885 dozen of which not more than 454,268 dozen shall be in Category 340-D
. |
| 341 | 226,322 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 310,007 dozen. |
| 345 | 166,533 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 622,513 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 325,669 dozen. |
| 352 | 253,429 dozen. |
| 433 | 15,370 dozen. |
| 434 | 7,957 dozen. |
| 435 | 41,575 dozen. |
| 436 | 17,763 dozen. |
| 438 | 69,901 dozen. |
| 442 | 60,031 dozen. |
| 443 | 337,564 numbers. |
| 444 | 64,205 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 58,207 dozen. |
| 447 | 99,306 dozen. |
| 448 | 42,232 dozen. |
| 459-W | 114,240 kilograms. |
| 631pt. | 86,966 dozen pairs. |
| 633/634/635 | 1,441,349 dozen of which not more than 163,446 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 609,111 dozen shall be in Category 635. |
| 636 | 339,423 dozen. |
| 638/639 | 5,611,675 dozen. |
| 640-O | 2,773,007 dozen. |
| 641 | 1,184,681 dozen of which not more than 44,747 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y
. |
| 643 | 877,670 numbers. |
| 644 | 1,345,328 numbers. |
| 645/646 | 3,811,739 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,552,517 dozen. |
| 659-H | 1,644,681 kilograms. |
| 659-S | 255,123 kilograms. |
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.*