96-13645. Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement Number 9  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    
    Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota 
    Announcement Number 9
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 42,168,963 
    kilograms (92,966,725 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 9, effective April 29, 1996, 
    and is set forth in subheading 9903.52.09, subchapter III, chapter 99 
    of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
    
    DATES: The quota was established on April 29, 1996, and applies to 
    upland cotton purchased not later than July 27, 1996 (90 days from the 
    date the quota was established), and entered into the United States not 
    later than October 25, 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 1996 Act requires that a special cotton 
    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 March 14, 1996. Therefore, a quota referenced as 
    the Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement 
    Number 9, effective April 29, 1996, is hereby established.
        Because there are only twenty subheadings available for designating 
    upland cotton special import quotas in subchapter III of chapter 99 of 
    the HTS, only twenty 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 a particular 180-day period. The twenty-
    first consecutive quota cannot be established until the earliest of the 
    existing twenty quotas ends. Therefore, the special import quota 
    described in this notice opened on April 29, 1996--the day after the 
    quota 9 in existence at the time of the announcement ended.
        The quota amount, 42,168,963 kilograms (92,966,725 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--November 1995 through January 1996. The special 
    cotton 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 May 21, 1996.
    Dan Glickman,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-13645 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/31/1996
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-13645
Dates:
The quota was established on April 29, 1996, and applies to upland cotton purchased not later than July 27, 1996 (90 days from the date the quota was established), and entered into the United States not later than October 25, 1996 (180 days from the date the quota was established).
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