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Notices Federal Register

156

Vol. 61, No. 2

Wednesday, January 3, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number

9

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 43,624,810

kilograms (96,176,321 pounds) is

established in accordance with section

103B(a)(5)(F) of the Agricultural Act of

1949, as amended (1949 Act). This

quota is established under Proclamation

6301 of June 7, 1991, and is referenced

as the Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number 9,

chapter 99, subchapter III, subheading

9903.52.09 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on

November 1, 1995, and applies to

upland cotton purchased not later than

January 29, 1996 (90 days from the date

the quota was established) and entered

into the United States not later than

April 28, 1996 (180 days from the date

the quota was established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of

Agriculture, room 3756–S, PO Box 2415,

Washington, DC 20013–2415 or call

(202) 720–8841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1949

Act requires that a special import quota

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 October 26, 1995. The quota

amount 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—

July 1995 through September 1995. 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: 7 U.S.C. 1444–2(a) and U.S.

Note 6(a), Subchapter III, Chapter 99 of the

HTS.

Signed at Washington, DC, on December

22, 1995.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number

10

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 43,624,810

kilograms (96,176,321 pounds) is

established in accordance with section

103B(a)(5)(F) of the Agricultural Act of

1949, as amended (1949 Act). This

quota is established under Proclamation

6301 of June 7, 1991, and is referenced

as the Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number

10, chapter 99, subchapter III,

subheading 9903.52.10 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on

November 8, 1995, and applies to

upland cotton purchased not later than

February 5, 1996 (90 days from the date

the quota was established) and entered

into the United States not later than

May 5, 1996 (180 days from the date the

quota was established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of

Agriculture, room 3756–S, PO Box 2415,

Washington, DC 20013–2415 or call

(202) 720–8841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1949

Act requires that a special import quota

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 November 2, 1995. The quota

amount 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—

July 1995 through September 1995. 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: 7 U.S.C. 1444–2(a) and U.S.

Note 6(a), Subchapter III, Chapter 99 of the

HTS.

Signed at Washington, DC, on December

22, 1995.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number

11

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 43,624,810

kilograms (96,176,321 pounds) is

established in accordance with section

103B(a)(5)(F) of the Agricultural Act of

1949, as amended (1949 Act). This

quota is established under Proclamation

6301 of June 7, 1991, and is referenced

as the Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Quota Announcement Number

11, chapter 99, subchapter III,

subheading 9903.52.11 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on

November 15, 1995, and applies to

upland cotton purchased not later than

February 12, 1996 (90 days from the