[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15889-15890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7277]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Secretary of Agriculture's Special Cotton Import Quota 
Announcements Numbers 21 Through 26 and Numbers 1 Through 10

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Sixteen special import quotas for upland cotton 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 21 through 26 and Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement 
Numbers 1 through 10 and are set forth in subheadings 9903.52.21 
through 9903.52.26 and subheadings 9903.52.01 through 9903.52.10, 
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 a table following this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott O. Sanford, Farm Service Agency, 
United States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0515, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20013-0515 or call (202) 720-3392.

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 16 consecutive 10-week 
periods ending October 28, 1999. Therefore, quotas referenced as 
Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement Numbers 21 through 26 and 
Special Cotton Import Quota Announcement Numbers 1 through 10 are 
established subject to the following dates and quantities.
    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 March 17, 2000.
Parks Shackelford,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.

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                                                    News      Quota      90-day    180-day      Quota
 Secretary of Agriculture's cotton      HTS       release     start     purchase    import      amount           3-month consumption base  period
     import quota announcement       subheading     date       date       date       date    (kilograms)
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Number 21.........................   9903.52.21    7/15/99    7/22/99   10/19/99    1/17/00   42,388,357  March-May 1999.
Number 22.........................   9903.52.22    7/22/99    7/29/99   10/26/99    1/24/00   42,388,357  March-May 1999.
Number 23.........................   9903.52.23    7/29/99    8/05/99   11/02/99    1/31/00   42,645,766  April-June 1999.
Number 24.........................   9903.52.24    8/05/99    8/12/99   11/09/99    2/07/00   42,645,766  April-June 1999.
Number 25.........................   9903.52.25    8/12/99    8/19/99   11/16/99    2/14/00   42,645,766  April-June 1999.
Number 26.........................   9903.52.26    8/19/99    8/26/99   11/23/99    2/21/00   42,645,766  April-June 1999.
Number 1..........................   9903.52.01    8/26/99    9/02/99   11/30/99    2/28/00   42,282,225  May-July 1999.
Number 2..........................   9903.52.02    9/02/99    9/09/99   12/07/99    3/06/00   42,282,225  May-July 1999.
Number 3..........................   9903.52.03    9/09/99    9/16/99   12/14/99    3/13/00   42,282,225  May-July 1999.
Number 4..........................   9903.52.04    9/16/99    9/23/99   12/21/99    3/20/00   42,282,225  May-July 1999.
Number 5..........................   9903.52.05    9/23/99    9/30/99   12/28/99    3/27/00   42,282,225  May-July 1999.
Number 6..........................   9903.52.06    9/30/99   10/07/99    1/04/00    4/03/00   41,677,786  June-August 1999.
Number 7..........................   9903.52.07   10/07/99   10/14/99    1/11/00    4/10/00   41,677,786  June-August 1999.
Number 8..........................   9903.52.08   10/14/99   10/21/99    1/18/00    4/17/00   41,677,786  June-August 1999.
Number 9..........................   9903.52.09   10/21/99   10/28/99    1/25/00    4/24/00   41,677,786  June-August 1999.
Number 10.........................   9903.52.10   10/28/99   11/04/99    2/01/00    5/01/00   40,830,552  July-September 1999.
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