FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         CIV
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1994                           (202) 616-2765
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888
                                 
   CALIFORNIA TEXTILE IMPORTER PAYS $600,000 TO SETTLE DISPUTE

     WASHINGTON, D.C. --  A Los Angeles, California, textile
importer will pay the United States $600,000 to settle
allegations the firm shipped Korean polyester fabrics through
Japan to evade U.S. quota restrictions on the importation of the
fabric, the Department of Justice announced today.   
     Frank Hunger, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the
Civil Division, said the payment settles civil actions the U.S.
brought against Neman Brothers & Associates and its vice
president, Yoel Neman, in the U.S. Court of International Trade. 
     "The settlement of cases such as this bolsters the efforts
of the U.S. Customs Service to deter the unlawful shipment of
foreign goods into the United States, a practice that continues
to be one of the major areas of enforcement for the Customs
Service," said Hunger.  
     The Department said Neman Brothers shipped the fabric
through Japan in 1983 and 1984 and also illegally imported other
types of fabrics from Japan in 1987.  
     Today's settlement concluded a five-year litigation effort
against Neman Brothers.  
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