[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3354]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Quota Announcement
Number 17
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 17, chapter 99, subchapter III, subheading
9903.52.17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).
DATES: The quota was established on December 27, 1995, and applies to
upland cotton purchased not later than March 25, 1996 (90 days from the
date the quota was established) and entered into the United States not
later than June 23, 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 21, 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. 96-3354 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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