[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20999]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

August 15, 2001.
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: August 27, 2001.

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 Oxford Industries, Inc. has violated the 
requirements for participation in the Special Access Program, and has 
suspended Oxford Industries, Inc. from participation in the Program for 
the two-month period August 27, 2001 through October 26, 2001.
    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 Oxford Industries, Inc. 
during the period August 27, 2001 through October 26, 2001, and to 
prohibit entry by or on behalf of Oxford Industries, Inc. 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

August 15, 2001.

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 Oxford Industries, Inc. from participation in the 
Special Access Program for the period August 27, 2001 through 
October 26, 2001. You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of 
products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Oxford 
Industries, Inc. during the period August 27, 2001 through October 
26, 2001. You are further directed to prohibit entry of products 
under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Oxford 
Industries, Inc. manufactured from fabric exported from the United 
States during the period August 27, 2001 through October 26, 2001.
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.01-20999 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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