[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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