96-30169. Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement Number 19  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 60085-60086]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-30169]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota 
    Announcement Number 19
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 44,983,440 
    kilograms (99,171,591 pounds) is established in accordance with section 
    136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
    (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6301 of June 7, 1991. 
    The quota is referenced as the Secretary of Agriculture's Special 
    Cotton Import Quota Announcement Number 19, effective January 4, 1997, 
    and is set forth in subheading 9903.52.19, subchapter III, chapter 99 
    of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
    
    DATES: The quota is effective as of January 4, 1997, and applies to 
    upland cotton purchased not later than April 3, 1997 (90 days from the 
    date the quota is established), and entered into the United States not 
    later than July 2, 1997 (180 days from the date the quota is 
    established).
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency, 
    United States Department of Agriculture, Stop 0515, P.O. Box 2415, 
    Washington, DC 20013-2415 or call (202) 720-8841.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996 Act requires that a special import 
    quota for upland cotton be determined and announced immediately if, for 
    any consecutive 10-week period, the Friday through Thursday average 
    price quotation for the lowest-priced U.S. growth, as quoted for 
    Middling 1\3/32\ inch cotton, C.I.F. northern Europe (U.S. Northern 
    Europe price), adjusted for the value of any cotton user marketing 
    certificates issued, exceeds the Northern Europe price by more than 
    1.25 cents per pound. This condition was met during the consecutive 10-
    week period that ended October 10, 1996. Therefore, a quota referenced 
    as the Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota 
    Announcement Number 19, effective January 4, 1997, is hereby 
    established.
    
        Because there are only 20 subheadings available for designating 
    upland cotton special import quotas in subchapter III of chapter 99 of 
    the HTS, only 20 such quotas can be in effect at one time. Each 
    subheading corresponds to a Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton 
    Import Quota Announcement specifying that a particular amount of upland 
    cotton may be imported during
    
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    a particular 180-day period. The special import quota described in this 
    notice cannot take effect until HTS subheading 9903.52.19 becomes 
    available upon the expiration of the Secretary of Agriculture's Special 
    Cotton Import Quota Announcement Number 19, effective July 8, 1996, 
    through January 3, 1997. Therefore, the special import quota described 
    in this notice opens on January 4, 1997, the day after the previous 
    special import quota 19 ends.
        The quota amount, 44,983,440 kilograms (99,171,591 pounds), is 
    equal to 1 week's consumption of upland cotton by domestic mills at the 
    seasonally-adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which 
    data are available--June 1996 through August 1996. The special import 
    quota identifies a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-
    quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota. The quota is not divided by 
    staple length or by country of origin. The quota does not affect 
    existing tariff rates or phytosanitary regulations. The quota does not 
    apply to Extra Long Staple cotton.
    
        Authority: Sec. 136, P.L. 104-127 and U.S. Note 6(a), Subchapter 
    III, Chapter 99 of the HTS.
    
        Signed at Washington, D.C., on November 18, 1996.
    Dan Glickman,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-30169 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
1/4/1997
Published:
11/26/1996
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-30169
Dates:
The quota is effective as of January 4, 1997, and applies to upland cotton purchased not later than April 3, 1997 (90 days from the date the quota is established), and entered into the United States not later than July 2, 1997 (180 days from the date the quota is established).
Pages:
60085-60086 (2 pages)
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