[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64363-64364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31883]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program

December 1, 1997.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs denying the 
right to participate in the Special Access Progam.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1997.

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 Quitman Manufacturing Company (Quitman) has 
violated the requirements for participation in the Special Access 
Program, and has suspended Quitman from participation in the Program 
for the period December 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998.
    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 Quitman during the period 
December 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and to prohibit entry by or 
on behalf of Quitman 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 notices 51 FR 21208, published on June 
11, 1986; 52 FR 26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54 FR 50425, 
published on December 6, 1989; and 62 FR 49206, published on September 
19, 1997.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 1, 1997.

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 the Quitman Manufacturing Company (Quitman) from 
participation in the Special Access Program for the period December 
1, 1997 throgh February 28, 1998. You are therefore directed to 
prohibit entry of products under the Special Access Program by or on 
behalf of Quitman during the period December 1, 1997 through 
February 28, 1998. You are further directed to prohibit entry of 
products under the Special Access Program by or on behalf of Quitman 
manufactured from fabric exported from the United States during the 
period December 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998.

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    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.97-31883 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]
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