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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 13⁄32

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 November 28, 1996.

Therefore, a quota referenced as the

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 24, effective December 4, 1996,

is hereby established.

Previously there were only 20

subheadings available for designating

upland cotton special import quotas in

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS.

Therefore, at most, only 20 such quotas

could be in effect at one time and any

additional quota which had been

triggered could not become effective

until the earliest of the 20 quotas ended.

However, Presidential Proclamation

6948 dated October 29, 1996, added six

new HTS subheadings for quotas—21

through 26. A maximum of 26 quotas

may now be in effect at one time.

To be effective as soon as possible,

Quota 24 is established as of December

4, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than March 3, 1997,

and entered into the United States not

later than June 1, 1997. The quota

amount, 44,522,887 kilograms

(98,156,244 pounds), is equal to 1

week’s consumption of upland cotton

by domestic mills at the seasonallyadjusted average rate of the most recent

3 months for which data are available—

August 1996 through October 1996. 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: 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 January 22,

1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2132 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

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Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 25

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 44,522,887

kilograms (98,156,244 pounds) is

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 quota is

referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 25,

effective December 11, 1996, and is set

forth in subheading 9903.52.25,

subchapter III, chapter 99 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of

December 11, 1996, and applies to

upland cotton purchased not later than

March 10, 1997 (90 days from the date

the quota is established), and entered

into the United States not later than

June 8, 1997 (180 days from the date the

quota is established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of

Agriculture, Stop 0515, P.O. Box 2415,

Washington, DC 20013–2415 or call

(202) 720–8841.

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 13⁄32

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 5, 1996. Therefore,

a quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 25,

effective December 11, 1996, is hereby

established.

Previously there were only 20

subheadings available for designating

upland cotton special import quotas in

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS.

Therefore, at most, only 20 such quotas

could be in effect at one time and any

additional quota which had been

triggered could not become effective

until the earliest of the 20 quotas ended.

However, Presidential Proclamation

6948 dated October 29, 1996, added six

new HTS subheadings for quotas—21

through 26. A maximum of 26 quotas

may now be in effect at one time.

To be effective as soon as possible,

Quota 25 is established as of December

11, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than March 10,

1997, and entered into the United States

not later than June 8, 1997. The quota

amount, 44,522,887 kilograms

(98,156,244 pounds), is equal to 1

week’s consumption of upland cotton

by domestic mills at the seasonallyadjusted average rate of the most recent

3 months for which data are available—

August 1996 through October 1996. 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: 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 January 22,

1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2133 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

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Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 26

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 44,522,887

kilograms (98,156,244 pounds) is

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 quota is

referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 26,

effective December 18, 1996, and is set

forth in subheading 9903.52.26,

subchapter III, chapter 99 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of

December 18, 1996, and applies to

upland cotton purchased not later than

March 17, 1997 (90 days from the date

the quota is established), and entered