They represent huge increases despite the bilateral agreements entered into between this country and 26 foreign countries governing the levels of imports of textile products into the United States. These additional imports mean more work for an already overworked Customs Service. The hearings conducted by the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee exposed a number of methods by which textile import fraud is committed. including transshipment to nonquota countries. counterfeiting of textile export visas. false declarations of shipment value or quantity. and outright misrepresentations of textile categories. The witnesses included a number of import specialists and inspectors with the U.S. Customs Service (USCS).