[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71096-71097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00598]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denying Entry to Textiles and Textile Products Allegedly 
Manufactured by a Certain Factory in El Salvador

December 16, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection to deny entry to shipments allegedly manufactured by 
a certain factory in El Salvador.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2003.

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. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has conducted on-
site verification of textile and apparel 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

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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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to deny entry, 
for two years, to textile and textile products allegedly manufactured 
by Daewoo El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. The Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection has informed CITA that this company was found to have been 
illegally transhipping, 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.

James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 16, 2003.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 
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, the 
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 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 Commissioner 
of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, effective for goods 
exported on and after December 22, 2003 and extending through 
December 21, 2005, to deny entry to textiles and textile products 
allegedly manufactured by the factory, Daewoo El Salvador, S.A. de 
C.V. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has informed CITA 
that this company was 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,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. E3-00598 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
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