03-1356. Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

January 16, 2003.

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

September 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Stetson, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, [phone].

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 Thompson and Thompson, LLP (now operating as Progressive Services, Inc.) has violated the requirements for participation in the Special Access Program and has suspended Progressive Services, Inc. from participation in the Program for the six-month period, September 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.

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 Progressive Services, Inc. during the period from September 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003, and to prohibit entry by or on behalf of Progressive Services, Inc. under the Special Access 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

January 16, 2003.

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 Progressive Services, Inc. from participation in the Special Access Program for the period from September 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003. You are therefore directed to prohibit entry of products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Progressive Services, Inc. during the period September 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003. You are further directed to prohibit entry of products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Progressive Services, Inc. manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during the period September 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.