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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 23, 1997. Therefore,

a quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 8,

effective March 8, 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 8 is established as of March 8,

1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than June 5, 1997,

and entered into the United States not

later than September 3, 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. 97–7410 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Office of the Secretary

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 9

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 45,099,152

kilograms (99,426,691 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 9,

effective April 24, 1997, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.09, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of April

24, 1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than July 22, 1997

(90 days from the date the quota is

established), and entered into the

United States not later than October 20,

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 30, 1997. Therefore,

a quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 9,

effective April 24, 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 9 is established as of April 24,

1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than July 22, 1997,

and entered into the United States not

later than October 20, 1997. The quota

amount, 45,099,152 kilograms

(99,426,691 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—

October 1996 through December 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, Pub L. 104–127 and

U.S. Note 6(a), Subchapter III, Chapter 99 of

the HTS.

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 18,

1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7411 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 10

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 45,099,152

kilograms (99,426,691 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 10,

effective May 1, 1997, and is set forth in

subheading 9903.52.10, subchapter III,

chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of May

1, 1997, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than July 29, 1997

(90 days from the date the quota is

established), and entered into the

United States not later than October 27,

1997 (180 days from the date the quota

is established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of