[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-16712]
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[Federal Register: July 11, 1994]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Suspension of Enforcement of Import Restraint
Limits, Guaranteed Access Levels and Export Visa Requirements for
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in
Haiti
July 5, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending
the enforcement of limits, guaranteed access levels and export visa
requirements.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Executive Order 12917 of May 21, 1994; Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854).
Based on Executive Order 12917, in the letter published below, the
Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to prohibit the
importation of any textile or apparel product, produced or manufactured
in Haiti and exported from Haiti to the United States after May 21,
1994. Also, U.S. Customs will neither accept nor sign the ITA-370P form
for shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts destined for assembly in
Haiti and re-entry into the United States under the Special Access
Program.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 5, 1994.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Effective on July 6, 1994, you are directed
to prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel product,
produced or manufactured in Haiti and exported from Haiti to the
United States.
Also, you are directed to neither accept nor sign the ITA-370P
form for shipments of U.S. formed and cut parts destined for
assembly in Haiti and re-entry into the United States under the
Special Access Program.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-16712 Filed 7-8-94; 8:45 am]
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