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

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Removing a Company From List of Companies From Which Customs

Shall Deny Entry to Textiles and Textile Products

September 24, 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 a certain company.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 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, including a recent

on-site verification of this company's textile product production, CITA

has determined that E. Tin Chong Ou, Fabrica de Fia. Vestuario, one of

the listed companies, should not be subject to that directive.

Effective on September 29, 1999, Customs should not apply the directive

to shipments of textiles and textile products allegedly manufactured by

this company. CITA expects that Customs will conduct additional on-site

verifications of this company's production when possible.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 24, 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, including a

recent on-site verification of this company's textile product

production, CITA has determined that E. Tin Chong Ou, Fabrica de

Fia. Vestuario, one of the listed companies, should not be subject

to that directive. Effective on September 29, 1999, Customs should

not apply the directive to shipments of textiles and textile

products allegedly manufactured by this company. CITA expects that

Customs will conduct additional on-site verifications of this

company's production when possible.

CITA has determined that this action falls within the foreign

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

553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

[FR Doc. 99-25317 Filed 9-24-99; 2:36 pm]

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