[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67831-67832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30183]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today 
accepted a petition filed by the US Rice Producers Association, 
Houston, Texas, for trade adjustment assistance. The Administrator will 
determine within 40 days whether or not imports of rice contributed 
importantly to a decline in domestic producer prices of more than 20 
percent during the marketing period beginning August 2002 and ending 
July 2003. If the determination is positive, all producers represented 
by the group will be eligible to apply to the Farm Service Agency for 
technical assistance at no

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cost and adjustment assistance payments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade 
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 17, 2003.
Kenneth J. Roberts,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 03-30183 Filed 12-03-03; 8:45 am]
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