[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4870]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

February 24, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending 
participation in the Special Access Program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Mennitt, 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 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) 
has determined that Quitman Manufacturing has violated the requirements 
for participation in the Special Access Program, and has suspended 
Quitman Manufacturing from participation in the Program for the period 
March 20, 2000 through June 19, 2000.
    Through the letter to the Commissioner of Customs published below, 
CITA directs the Commissioner to prohibit entry of products under the 
Special Access Program by or on behalf of Quitman Manufacturing during 
the period March 20, 2000 through June 19, 2000, and to prohibit entry 
by or on behalf of Quitman Manufacturing under the Program of products 
manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during that 
period.
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3, 
1998.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 24, 2000.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The purpose of this directive is to notify 
you that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
has suspended Quitman Manufacturing from participation in the 
Special Access Program for the period March 20, 2000 through June 
19, 2000. You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of products 
under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Quitman 
Manufacturing during the period March 20, 2000 through June 19, 
2000. You are further directed to prohibit entry of products under 
the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Quitman Manufacturing 
manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during the 
period March 20, 2000 through June 19, 2000.
    Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-4870 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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