# Announcing a Hearing on Illegal Textile and Apparel Transshipments

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** May 18, 1994

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Announcing a Hearing on Illegal Textile and Apparel
Transshipments

May 12, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice of a hearing on strategies for dealing with the illegal
transshipment of textiles and apparel goods. The purpose of the hearing
is to solicit individual recommendations and views for actions that the
United States Government can take to reduce the scope of illegal
textile transshipments. This hearing is not designed to achieve a
consensus of industry's views on this issue.

PARTICIPATION IN THE HEARING:
The hearing has been scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday,
June 21, 1994 in Hearing Room B at the Interstate Commerce Commission,
1201 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. Parties wishing to
participate in the hearing should contact Nat Cohen, (202) 482-3400;
fax (202) 482-0858, no later than June 10, 1994 to arrange for their
appearance. The time available for individual presentations will be
based on the number of participants attending the hearing. Note there
will be reasonable time limits on parties' participation.

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS:
Written testimony and other comments must be submitted to the Task
Force on or before June 16, 1994. Submissions in triplicate may be
addressed to the Task Force on Textile Transshipment, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, Room 3001, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20230.
Submissions may be inspected at the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nat Cohen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1854).

Background

On July 26, 1993, Ambassador Kantor announced the formation of the
Task Force on Textile Transshipment. The purpose of the Task Force is
to ``develop an overall strategy for dealing with the transshipment
problem.'' The Task Force was initiated as a result of the perception
within industry and Government that illegal transshipment of textile
and apparel goods was becoming a serious and rapidly increasing
problem.
The Task Force is co-chaired by Rita Hayes, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Textiles, Apparel and Consumer Goods Industries,
Department of Commerce, and Ambassador Jennifer Hillman, Chief Textile
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative. The
Departments of Justice, State, Treasury and Labor, and the U.S. Customs
Service are represented on the Task Force.
The Task Force is reviewing policies that are intended to counter
transshipment. During the summer of 1994, the Task Force will issue its
recommendations. This hearing provides an opportunity for interested
parties to present to the Task Force their individual recommendations
or concerns.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-12115 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F

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