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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 

COTTON AND TOBACCO PROGRAM

REQUEST FOR CLASSIFICATION

FOR CCC SALES ONLY:

ANNOUNCEMENT SALE TAG LIST

1. USDA CLASSING LOCATION (City and State) DATE

NOTE: See reverse for explanation of services and instructionsfor submitting samples.

a. Growth: □ Upland □ Pima □ Other (Specify)

b. Type Ginning: □ Saw □ Roller 

c. Production Area: □ United States 

□ Outside United States

(Name of Country)

d. Has any cotton been reginned, repacked, or processed in addition

to normal ginning? □ Yes □ No 

e. Does any cotton contain linters, gin waste, or mill waste? □ Yes □ No

5. DISPOSITION OF SAMPLES: 6. C

□ Government Loose □

□ Hold samples for possible review □ F

□

□

Owner will pick up 

□

FIRM

Return to owner via (Carrier): 

Owner’s Account No. SIGN

LASSIFICATION DATA TO BE SENT TO APPLICANT (“X”one)

Email

ax

Hold for Pickup 

7. SAMPLES SUBMITTED

NAME

LOT NO. NO. B/C LOT NO. NO. B/C

ATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

ADDRESS (Street and No., City, State, ZIP Code)

PHONE NUMBER:

LOCATION OF COTTON (Warehouse, City, State)

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2. CLASSIFICATION SERVICE DESIRED ("X" only one block in this section)

□ FORM A □ FORM D

For Office Use Only

4. SAMPLES ARE ("X" one)

□ Freshly drawn and submitted directly from a warehouse licensed by

the USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Program.

□ OTHER (Specify)

3. DESCRIPTION OF COTTON (“X”one)

□ FOREIGN GROWTH
EXPLANATION OF TYPES OF CLASSING SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING 

SAMPLES

1. FORM A -- Form A classing services provide for the classification or comparison* of samples submitted to a

classing office or to Quality Assurance directly from a warehouse licensed by the USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco

Program to sample cotton. Form A classing services will be provided at the request of either the owner of the cotton

or the owner's agent.

A review of any regular Form A classification or comparison may be requested by the owner or custodian of the

cotton within 30 days after the issuance of the original memorandum. The re-quest may be filed with the classing

office which issued the original memorandum or Quality Assurance. The request must be accompanied by the

original memorandum and freshly drawn samples, except when the original samples have remained, identity

preserved, in custody of the USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Program.

2. FORM D -- Form D classing is the classification or comparison of samples submitted to the classing office or

Quality Assurance by the owner of the cotton or the owner's agent; and thus need not be freshly drawn or submitted

directly by a warehouse licensed by the USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Program to sample cotton.

A review of any Form D classification or comparison may be requested by the owner or the owner's agent within 30

days after the issuance of the original memorandum. The request may be filed with the office which issued the

original memorandum or with Quality Assurance. The request must be accompanied by the original memorandum

and redrawn samples except when the original samples have remained, identity preserved, in the custody of the

USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Program. When the applicant desires a review by Quality Assurance of samples

which have remained in the possession of a classing office, the samples shall be forwarded at the expense of the

applicant.

3. FOREIGN GROWTH -- The classification or comparison of cotton samples representing cotton produced outside

the United States (foreign-growth cotton) shall be determined by the quality of a sample in accordance with the

Universal Cotton Standards (the official cotton standards of the United States). High Volume Instruments will

determine all fiber property measurements except the determination of the presence of extraneous matter, special

conditions and remarks, which will be determined by cotton classers certified by the Cotton and Tobacco Program.

All requests for classification or comparison shall be filed with the Quality Assurance Division or the Classing

Office designated by the Deputy Administrator of the Cotton and Tobacco Program.

An immediate review of every classification or comparison of foreign-growth cotton samples is performed

automatically. Therefore, separate review classification services for foreign-growth cotton are not offered.

* Classification data for cotton samples submitted for review and/or comparison is generated in the same manner as

classification processes and procedures for original classifications. Each sample submitted for comparison is classed

independently, and classification data for each sample will be provided without regard for the other sample.

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