[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12766-12767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4856]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denying Entry to Textiles and Textile Products Produced in 
Certain Companies in Bangladesh

February 23, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs directing 
Customs to deny entry to shipments manufactured in certain companies in 
Bangladesh.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, 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.

    The U.S. Customs Service has conducted on-site verification of 
textile and textile product production in a number of foreign 
countries. Based on information obtained through on-site verifications 
and from other sources, U.S. Customs has informed CITA that certain 
companies were illegally transshipping, were closed, or were unable to 
produce records to verify production. The Chairman of CITA has directed 
the U.S. Customs Service to issue regulations regarding the denial of 
entry of shipments from such companies (see Federal Register notice 64 
FR 41395, published on July 30, 1999). In order to secure compliance 
with U.S. law, including Section 204 and U.S. customs law, to carry out 
textile and textile product agreements, and to avoid circumvention of 
textile agreements, the Chairman of CITA is directing the U.S. Customs 
Service to deny entry to textiles and textile products manufactured by 
the following Bangladesh companies for two years: Eldest Garments, A.M. 
Inspection, Fashion International, Newtex Apparel and Runa Textile. 
Customs has informed CITA that these companies were found to have been 
illegally transshipping, closed, or unable to produce records to verify 
production.
    Should CITA determine that this decision should be amended, such 
amendment will be published in the Federal Register.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

February 23, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The U.S. Customs Service has conducted on- site 
verification of textile and textile product production in a number of 
foreign countries. Based on information obtained through on-site 
verifications and from other sources, U.S. Customs has informed CITA 
that certain companies were illegally transshipping, were closed, or 
were unable to produce records to verify production. The Chairman of 
CITA has directed the U.S. Customs Service to issue regulations 
regarding the denial of entry of shipments from such companies (see 
directive dated July 27, 1999 (64 FR 41395), published on July 30, 
1999). In order to secure compliance with U.S. law, including Section 
204 and U.S. customs law, to carry out textile and textile product 
agreements, and to avoid circumvention of textile agreements, the 
Chairman of CITA directs the U.S. Customs Service, effective for goods 
exported on and after March 1, 2001 and extending through February 28, 
2003, to deny entry to textiles and textile products manufactured by 
the following Bangladesh companies: Eldest Garments, A.M. Inspection, 
Fashion International, Newtex Apparel and Runa

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Textile. Customs has informed CITA that these companies were found to 
have been illegally transshipping, closed, or unable to produce records 
to verify production.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception 
to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-4856 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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