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Subject: MACAU IMPORTER CERTIFICATION
TO: ALL ABI BROKERS.                                                      
                     
                                                     
FROM: CHERIE B ZZ-PARSONS                                                 
                                                                          
SUBJECT: MACAU IMPORTER CERTIFICATION                                     
                                                                          
DATE: 05/04/2001                                                          
                                                                          
                            MAY 3, 2001                                   
                                                                          
                                                CMP-1 FO:TP:IA:TT CP      
                                                                          
                                                                          
TO:           DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS                                 
                                                                          
FROM:         EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS                          
              OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS                                  
                                                                          
PASS TO:      PORT DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, IMPORT            
              SPECIALISTS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, ACCOUNT         
              MANAGERS, BROKERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES             
                                                                          
SUBJECT:      TBT-01-027  RESCISSION OF THE IMPORTER CERTIFICATION        
              STATEMENT FOR SHIPMENTS FROM MACAU                          
                                                                          
REFERENCE:    TBT-97-090                                                  
                                                                          
BACKGROUND:                                                               
                                                                          
TBT-97-090 REQUIRES THAT THE IMPORTER PROVIDE A CERTIFICATION             
STATEMENT THAT THE TEXTILE DECLARATION AS REQUIRED BY 19 CFR              
12.130 IS ACCURATE.  EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2001 A SIGNED IMPORTER              
CERTIFICATION WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE           
RELEASE OF TEXTILE MERCHANDISE FROM MACAU.                                
                                                                          
ACTION:                                                                   
                                                                          
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2001, AN IMPORTER CERTIFICATION STATEMENT THAT           
THE TEXTILE DECLARATION IS ACCURATE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR             
SHIPMENTS ORIGINATING FROM MACAU.  A TEXTILE DECLARATION IS               
STILL REQUIRED, AND MAY BE PREPARED BY THE MANUFACTURER, PRODUCER,        
EXPORTER OR IMPORTER OF THE TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS.                
                                                                          
INFORMATION:                                                              
                                                                          
QUESTIONS FROM THE IMPORTING COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS ELECTRONIC          
MESSAGE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THEIR LOCAL CUSTOMS PORT. THE CUSTOMS       
PORT OF ENTRY MAY REFER QUESTIONS TO CHERIE PARSONS, TEXTILES             
AND TRANSSHIPMENT BRANCH, AT (202) 927-7002 OR VIA CC:MAIL.               
                                                                          
 \S\                                                                      
 ANNE K. LOMBARDI FOR                                                     
 ELIZABETH G. DURANT                                                      
                                                                          
CC:  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS