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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]
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