# Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
**AGENCY:**
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
**ACTION:**
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
**EFFECTIVE DATE:**
April 27, 2005.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Naomi Freeman, 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection website ( *http://www.cbp.gov* ), or call (202) 344-2650. 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 and carryover.
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). Information regarding the 2005 CORRELATION will be published in the *Federal Register* at a later date. Also see 69 FR 57272, published on September 24, 2004.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**April 20, 2005.**
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 September 20, 2004, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Vietnam and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2005 and extends through December 31, 2005.
Effective on April 27, 2005, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments of the United States and Vietnam:
| Category | Restraint limit |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | 241,252 kilograms. |
| 301 | 694,171 kilograms. |
| 332 | 279,684 dozen pairs. |
| 333 | 45,750 dozen. |
| 334/335 | 741,567 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 15,103,366 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,282,946 dozen. |
| 341/641 | 967,847 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 620,905 dozen. |
| 345 | 192,014 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 7,666,005 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 596,799 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 2,267,643 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 342,803 kilograms. |
| 359-S/659-S | 603,432 kilograms. |
| 434 | 18,708 dozen. |
| 435 | 46,158 dozen. |
| 440 | 2,887 dozen. |
| 447 | 60,052 dozen. |
| 448 | 36,955 dozen. |
| 620 | 3,887,620 square meters. |
| 632 | 168,140 dozen pairs. |
| 638/639 | 1,375,101 dozen. |
| 645/646 | 175,276 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 2,230,991 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.*