96-3352. Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Quota Announcement Number 15  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 5975]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-3352]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Quota Announcement 
    Number 15
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 43,657,604 
    kilograms (96,248,619 pounds) is established in accordance with section 
    103B(a)(5)(F) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (1949 Act). 
    This quota is established under Proclamation 6301 of June 7, 1991, and 
    is referenced as the Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Quota 
    Announcement Number 15, chapter 99, subchapter III, subheading 
    9903.52.15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).
    
    DATES: The quota was established on December 13, 1995, and applies to 
    upland cotton purchased not later than March 11, 1996 (90 days from the 
    date the quota was established) and entered into the United States not 
    later than June 9, 1996 (180 days from the date the quota was 
    established).
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency, 
    United States Department of Agriculture, room 3756-S, Ag Code 0515, PO 
    Box 2415, Washington, DC 20013-2415 or call (202) 720-8841.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1949 Act requires that a special import 
    quota 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 
    December 7, 1995. The quota amount 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--August 1995 
    through October 1995. 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: 7 U.S.C. 1444-2(a) and U.S. Note 6(a), Subchapter 
    III, Chapter 99 of the HTS.
    
        Signed at Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1996.
    Dan Glickman,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-3352 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
02/15/1996
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-3352
Dates:
The quota was established on December 13, 1995, and applies to upland cotton purchased not later than March 11, 1996 (90 days from the date the quota was established) and entered into the United States not later than June 9, 1996 (180 days from the date the quota was established).
Pages:
5975-5975 (1 pages)
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