[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8615]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denying Entry to Textiles and Textile Products Allegedly Produced 
in Certain Companies in Taiwan

April 3. 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 allegedly manufactured in certain 
companies in Taiwan.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 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 allegedly 
manufactured by Hong Win Trading Company, City Art Printing, Hsu Chun 
Mei, and Spring Information Industry Co., Ltd. for two years. 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

April 3, 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 April 9, 2001 and 
extending through April 8, 2003, to deny entry to textiles and 
textile products allegedly manufactured by the Taiwanese companies 
Hong Win Trading Company, City Art Printing, Hsu Chun Mei, and 
Spring Information Industry Co., Ltd. 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 this action falls 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.01-8615 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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