There wereabout 5.5 million visitorsfrom South Americatothe United States in 2014, and nearly a million from Central America, according to figures from the Department ofCommerce.
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, established the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), consisting of representatives of the Departments of State, the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor, and the Office of the UnitedStates Trade Representative, with the representative of the DepartmentofCommerce as Chairman, to supervise the implementation of textile trade agreements.