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per pound. This condition was met

during the consecutive 10-week period

that ended January 9, 1997. Therefore, a

quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 6,

effective February 22, 1997, 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 6 is established as of February 22,

1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than May 22, 1997,

and entered into the United States not

later than August 20, 1997. The quota

amount, 44,900,528 kilograms

(98,988,801 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—

September 1996 through November

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 March 18,

1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7408 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 7

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 44,900,528

kilograms (98,988,801 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 7,

effective March 1, 1997, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.07, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of

March 1, 1997, and applies to upland

cotton purchased not later than May 29,

1997 (90 days from the date the quota

is established), and entered into the

United States not later than August 27,

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 January 16, 1997. Therefore,

a quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 7,

effective March 1, 1997, 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 7 is established as of March 1,

1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than May 29, 1997,

and entered into the United States not

later than August 27, 1997. The quota

amount, 44,900,528 kilograms

(98,988,801 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—

September 1996 through November

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 March 18,

1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7409 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 8

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 44,900,528

kilograms (98,988,801 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 8,

effective March 8, 1997, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.08, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of

March 8, 1997, and applies to upland

cotton purchased not later than June 5,

1997 (90 days from the date the quota

is established), and entered into the

United States not later than September

3, 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