Removing Companies From List of Companies From Which Customs Shall Deny Entry to Textiles and Textile Products

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Removing Companies From List of Companies From Which Customs

Shall Deny Entry to Textiles and Textile Products

September 8, 1999.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs directing

Customs not to apply the directive regarding denial of entry to

shipments from certain companies.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Walsh, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 12475 of May 9, 1984, as

amended.

In a notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs, dated July

27, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on July 30, 1999 (64 FR

41395), the Chairman of CITA directed the U.S. Customs Service to deny

entry to textiles and textile products allegedly manufactured by

certain listed companies; Customs had informed CITA that these

companies were found to have been illegally transshipping, closed, or

unable to produce records to verify production.

Based on information received since that time, CITA has determined

that Macau Ltd., Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario; and Tong Heng,

Fabrica de Vestuario, two of the listed companies, should not be

subject to that directive. Effective on September 13, 1999, Customs

should not apply the directive to shipments of textiles and textile

products allegedly manufactured by these two companies. CITA expects

that Customs will conduct on-site verifications of these companies'

textile and textile product production.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 8, 1999.

Commissioner of Customs

Department of Treasury, Washington, DC 20229

Dear Commissioner: In the letter to the Commissioner of Customs,

dated July 27, 1999 (64 FR 41395), the Chairman of CITA directed the

U.S. Customs Service to deny entry to textiles and textile products

allegedly manufactured by certain listed companies; Customs had

informed CITA that these companies were found to have been illegally

transshipping, closed, or unable to produce records to verify

production.

Based on information received since that time, CITA has

determined that Macau Ltd., Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario; and

Tong Heng, Fabrica de Vestuario, two of the listed companies, should

not be subject to that directive. Effective on September 13, 1999,

Customs is directed to not apply the directive to shipments of

textiles and textile products allegedly manufactured by these two

companies. CITA expects that Customs will conduct on-site

verifications of these companies' textile and textile product

production.

CITA has determined that these actions fall within the foreign

affairs exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.

553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

[FR Doc. 99-23893 Filed 9-9-99; 2:28pm]

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