[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16191]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Quota Announcement 
Number 7

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 48,036,600 
kilograms (105,902,662 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 7, chapter 99, subchapter III, 
subheading 9903.52.07 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on May 24, 1995, and applies to upland 
cotton purchased not later than August 21, 1995 (90 days from the date 
the quota was established) and entered into the United States not later 
than November 19, 1995 (180 days from the date the quota was 
established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Zygmont, Consolidated Farm 
Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, room 3756-S, 
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 May 
18, 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--January 1995 through 
March 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, DC, on June 22, 1995.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-16191 Filed 6-29-95; 8:45 am]
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