[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 164 (Thursday, August 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44020-44022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21066]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review, 
Application No. 95-00003.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to U.S. Textile Export Co., Inc., t/a TEXPORT, 
Inc. on August 15, 1995. This notice summarizes the conduct for which 
certification has been granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Dawn Busby, Director, Office of 
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
202-482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations implementing 
Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (1993).
    The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing 
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department 
of Commerce to publish a summary of a Certificate in the Federal 
Register. Under section 305 (a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct:

A. Export Trade

1. Products
    Broadwoven fabric, cotton (SIC 2211); Broadwoven fabric, man-made 
fiber (SIC 2221); Broadwoven fabric, wool (SIC 2231); Narrow woven 
fabric and other small wares (SIC 2258); Finishers of broadwoven fabric 
of cotton (SIC 2261); Finishers of broadwoven fabrics of man-made fiber 
(SIC 2262); Nonwoven fabrics (SIC 2297).
2. Export Trade Facilitation Services (As They Relate to the Export of 
Products and Services)
    Export Trade Facilitation Services including advertising and 
promotional services, market research, purchase or commission studies 
and reports of foreign markets, legal, accounting, customs brokerage 
and other services.

B. Export Markets

    The export markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.)

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    1. To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets, TEXPORT and/or 
one or more of its Members may:
    a. Solicit orders from foreign customers;
    b. Arrange for transportation of merchandise sold from Members' 
plants, warehouses, etc. to customers' premises;
    c. Arrange for financing of sales, collect accounts receivable and 
disburse funds to Members;
    d. Arrange for customs clearance and, where applicable and 
permitted, assist Members in filing claims for drawback of duties paid 
on imported raw materials;
    e. Collaborate with one or more of its Members or on its own, to 
conduct market research in foreign markets; purchase or commission 
studies and reports of foreign markets; participate in trade shows and 
missions; secure and provide advertising and promotional services; 
engage legal, accounting, customs brokerage and other services required 
to facilitate TEXPORT's ongoing business activity; and solicit, from 
private or public sector sources, monetary grants and funding to assist 
TEXPORT in the conduct of its business;
    f. Quote prices to potential customers from Members' price lists, 
with each member being free to deviate from such prices by whatever 
amount it sees fit;
    g. Confer, from time to time, with one or more of its Members 
regarding a potential sale with regard to the quantities, price, 
delivery schedule and other pertinent matters pertaining thereto. 
Members may agree to share in a sale or submit joint bids. TEXPORT and 
one or more of its Members may refuse to quote prices for, market or 
sell Products in Export Markets;
    h. Require that active membership in the American Textile 
Manufacturers Institute be a condition for membership in TEXTPORT, 
Inc.;
    i. Receive a commission on final sales by the Member(s) for whose 
account the sale was made, the percentage of such commission to be 
mutually agreed between applicant and Member(s).
    2. TEXPORT, Inc. will not divulge the prices or quantities of goods 
sold for any Member's account to other Members but reserves the right 
to divulge the total of sales commissions paid by an individual Member 
during any fiscal year.
    3. Members may exchange and discuss the following types of 
information:
    a. Information that is already generally available to the trade or 
public;
    b. Information about sales or marketing efforts in Export Markets; 
activities and opportunities for sales of Products in Export Markets; 
pricing in Export Markets; projected demand in Export Markets; 
customary terms of sale in Export Markets; the types and prices of 
Products available from competitors for sale in Export Markets; and 
customer specifications for Products in Export Markets;
    c. Information about the export prices, quality, quantity, source, 
and delivery dates of Products available from Members for export;
    d. Information about terms, conditions, and specifications of 
particular contracts for sale in Export Markets to be considered and/or 
bid on by TEXPORT Members;
    e. Information about joint bidding, selling, or servicing 
arrangements in Export Markets and allocation of sales resulting 
therefrom among the Members;
    f. Information about expenses specific to exporting to, and 
distribution and sale in, Export Markets, including, without 
limitation, transportation, intermodal shipments, insurance, inland 
freight to port, port storage, commissions, export sales, 
documentation, financing, customs, duties, and taxes;
    g. Information about U.S. and foreign legislation and regulations 
affecting sales in Export Markets; and information about TEXPORT's or 
the Members' export operations, including, without limitation, sales 
and distribution networks established by TEXPORT or the Members in 
Export Markets, and prior export sales by Members (including prior 
export price information).

Terms and Conditions of Certificate

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs two and three (f) of Export 
Trade Activities and Methods of Operation, in engaging in Export Trade 
Activities and Methods of Operation, neither TEXPORT nor any Member 
shall intentionally disclose, directly or indirectly, to any other 
Member any information that is about its or any other Member's costs, 
production, capacity, inventories, domestic prices, domestic sales, 
domestic orders, terms of domestic marketing or sale, or U.S. business 
plans, strategies, or methods, unless (i) such information is already 
generally available to the trade or public; or (ii) the information 
disclosed is a necessary term or condition (e.g., price, time required 
to fill an order, etc.) of an actual or potential bona fide sale and 
the disclosure is limited to the prospective purchasing Member.
    (b) Participation by a Member in any Export Trade Activity or 
Method of Operation under this Certificate shall be entirely voluntary 
as to that Member, subject to the honoring of contractual commitments 
for sales of Products in specific export transactions. A Member may 
withdraw from coverage under this Certificate at any time by giving 
written notice to TEXPORT, a copy of which 

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TEXPORT shall promptly transmit to the Secretary of Commerce and the 
Attorney General.
    (c) TEXPORT and its Members will comply with requests made by the 
Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or the 
Attorney General for information or documents relevant to conduct under 
this Certificate. The Secretary of Commerce will request such 
information when either the Attorney General or the Secretary of 
Commerce believes that the information or documents are required to 
determine that the Export Trade Activities or Methods of Operation of a 
person protected by this Certificate of Review continue to comply with 
the standards of section 303(a) of the Act.

Definitions

    1. Member means a person who has a membership in TEXPORT, Inc. and 
who has been certified as a ``Member'' within the meaning of 
Sec. 325.2(1) of the regulations set out in Attachment A and 
incorporated by reference.
    A copy of this certificate will be kept in the International Trade 
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility 
Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Effective date: August 18, 1995.

    Dated: August 18, 1995.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
Attachment A

Members (Within the Meaning of Section 325.2(1) of the Regulations)

Arkwright Mills, Spartanburg, SC
Armtex, Inc., Pilot Mountain, NC
Cleyn & Tinker (1989) Inc., Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
CMI Industries, Inc., Columbia, SC
Copland, Inc., Burlington, NC
Cranston Print Works Company, Cranston, RI
Greenwood Mills, Inc., Greenwood, SC
Hamrick Mills, Gaffney, SC
Inman Mills, Inman, SC
Mayfair Mills, Inc., Arcadia, SC
The New Cherokee Corporation, Spindale, NC
Southern Mills, Inc., Union City, GA
Spartan Mills, Inc., Spartanburg, SC
[FR Doc. 95-21066 Filed 8-23-95; 8:45 am]
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