[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25278]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1205


1997 Amendment to Cotton Board Rules and Regulations Adjusting 
Supplemental Assessment on Imports

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the final rule published September 2, 
1997 (62 FR 46412) which amended the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations 
by lowering the value assigned to imported cotton for the purpose of 
calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton 
Research and Promotion Program.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Shackelford, (202) 720-2259.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) amended the Cotton Board 
Rules and Regulations by lowering the value assigned to imported cotton 
for the purpose of calculating supplemental assessments collected for 
use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This action is 
required by this regulation on an annual basis to ensure that the 
assessments collected on imported cotton and the cotton content of 
imported products remain similar to those paid on domestically produced 
cotton. As a result of changes in the 1997 Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
(HTS), numbering changes in the import assessment table are amended. 
Eleven HTS numbers were to be eliminated from the assessment table 
because negligible assessments have been collected on these numbers and 
their elimination would contribute to reducing the overall burden to 
importers.

Need for Correction

    In rule FR Doc. 97-23218 published on September 2, 1997 (62 FR 
46412), make the following correction. On page 46415, in the third 
column, immediately following the HTS number 5212216090 remove the 
entries for HTS numbers 5309214010, 5309214090, 5309294010, 5311004020, 
5407810010, 5407810030, 5407912020, 5408312020, 5408329020, 5408349020, 
and 5408349095.

    Dated: September 18, 1997.
Norma McDill,
Acting Director, Cotton Division.
[FR Doc. 97-25278 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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