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[FR Doc No: 94-16712]


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[Federal Register: July 11, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
 

Announcement of Suspension of Enforcement of Import Restraint 
Limits, Guaranteed Access Levels and Export Visa Requirements for 
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Haiti

July 5, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending 
the enforcement of limits, guaranteed access levels and export visa 
requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 12917 of May 21, 1994; Executive 
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).

    Based on Executive Order 12917, in the letter published below, the 
Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to prohibit the 
importation of any textile or apparel product, produced or manufactured 
in Haiti and exported from Haiti to the United States after May 21, 
1994. Also, U.S. Customs will neither accept nor sign the ITA-370P form 
for shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts destined for assembly in 
Haiti and re-entry into the United States under the Special Access 
Program.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 5, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Effective on July 6, 1994, you are directed 
to prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel product, 
produced or manufactured in Haiti and exported from Haiti to the 
United States.
    Also, you are directed to neither accept nor sign the ITA-370P 
form for shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts destined for 
assembly in Haiti and re-entry into the United States under the 
Special Access Program.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-16712 Filed 7-8-94; 8:45 am]
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