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[Federal Register: July 19, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 137
Tuesday, July 19, 1994
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Secretary of Agriculture's Special Limited Global Import Quota
Announcement
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: A special limited global import quota for upland cotton equal
to 183,694,813 kilograms (404,978,070 pounds) is established in
accordance with section 103B(n) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as
amended (1949 Act). This quota is covered under Presidential
Proclamation 6301 of June 7, 1991, and is referenced as the Secretary
of Agriculture's Special Limited Global Import Quota Announcement,
chapter 99, subchapter III, subheading 9903.52.00 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (HTS).
DATES: The quota is established for the 90-day period beginning on June
3 and ending on August 31.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Zygmont, Fibers and Rice
Analysis Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service,
United States Department of Agriculture, Room 3756-S, PO Box 2415,
Washington, DC 20013-2415 or call 202-720-6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1949 Act requires that a special limited
global import quota for upland cotton, above the quota established
under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as
amended, be determined and announced immediately whenever the average
price of the base quality of upland cotton in the designated spot
markets for a month exceeds 130 percent of the average price of such
quality of cotton in such markets for the preceding 36 months. The May
1994 spot market average for base quality cotton was 79.30 cents per
pound, which is 134 percent of the 59.15 cents-per-pound average of the
previous 36-month period from May 1991 through April 1994.
The quota amount is equivalent to 21 days of domestic mill
consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally-adjusted average rate of
the most recent 3 months for which data are available. The 183,694,813-
kilogram (404,978,070-pound) quota is based on consumption data for the
period February through April 1994. The quota is not divided by staple
length or by country of origin. The quota does not affect existing
tariff rates or phytosanitary regulations.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1444-2 (n) and U.S. Note 6(b), Subchapter
III, Chapter 99 of the HTS.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 12, 1994.
Mike Espy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-17518 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am]
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