[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41909-41910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19673]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Special Cotton Import Quota Announcements Numbers 11 Through 20

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Ten special import quotas for upland cotton equal are 
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, and Presidential 
Proclamation 6948 of October 29, 1996. The quotas are referenced as the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement 
Numbers 11 through 20 and are set forth in subheadings 9903.52.11 
through 9903.52.20, subchapter III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: Each of the special quotas is subject to an established date and 
applies to upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days from the 
established date and entered into the United States not later than 180 
days from the established date. Dates applicable to each individual 
special import quota are contained in this notice under Supplementary 
Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene S. Rosera, Farm Service Agency, 
United States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0518, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20013-0518 or call (202) 720-3452.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996 Act requires that a special import 
quota for upland cotton 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 
3.00 cents per pound. This condition was met for 10 consecutive 10-week 
periods. Therefore, quotas referenced as Special Cotton Import Quota 
Announcement Numbers 11 through 20 are established subject to the 
following dates and quantities.

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   Secretary of Agriculture's                      News release     Quota start       90-Day          180-Day      Quota amount    3-Month  consumption
Cotton Import Quota Announcement  HTS subheading       date            date        purchase date    import date     (kilograms)         base period
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Number 11.......................      9903.52.11         5/06/99         5/13/99         8/10/99        11/08/99      43,005,726  January-March 1999.
Number 12.......................      9903.52.12         5/13/99         5/20/99         8/17/99        11/15/99      43,005,726  January-March 1999.
Number 13.......................      9903.52.13         5/20/99         5/27/99         8/24/99        11/22/99      43,005,726  January-March 1999.
Number 14.......................      9903.52.14         5/27/99         6/03/99         8/31/99        11/29/99      42,690,963  February-April 1999.

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Number 15.......................      9903.52.15         6/03/99         6/10/99         9/07/99        12/06/99      42,690,963  February-April 1999.
Number 16.......................      9903.52.16         6/10/99         6/17/99         9/14/99        12/13/99      42,690,963  February-April 1999.
Number 17.......................      9903.52.17         6/17/99         6/24/99         9/21/99        12/20/99      42,690,963  February-April 1999.
Number 18.......................      9903.52.18         6/24/99          7/1/99         9/28/99        12/27/99      42,388,357  March-May 1999.
Number 19.......................      9903.52.19          7/1/99          7/8/99         10/5/99          1/3/00      42,388,357  March-May 1999.
Number 20.......................      9903.52.20          7/8/99         7/15/99        10/12/99        1/10/004      42,388,357  March-May 1999.
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    Each 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: 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 July 26, 1999.
Keith Kelly,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 99-19673 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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