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only twenty such quotas can be in effect

at one time. Each subheading

corresponds to a Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement specifying that a

particular amount of upland cotton may

be imported during a particular 180-day

period. The twenty-first consecutive

quota cannot be established until the

earliest of the existing twenty quotas

ends. Therefore, the special import

quota described in this notice opened

on May 13, 1996—the day after the

quota 11 in existence at the time of the

announcement ended.

The quota amount, 41,858,494

kilograms (92,282,258 pounds), is equal

to 1 week’s consumption of upland

cotton by domestic mills at the

seasonally-adjusted average rate of the

most recent 3 months for which data are

available—December 1995 through

February 1996. The special cotton

import quota identifies a quantity of

imports that is not subject to the overquota 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 May 21,

1996.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13648 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 12

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 41,858,494

kilograms (92,282,258 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. The

quota is referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 12,

effective May 20, 1996, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.12, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on

May 20, 1996, and applies to upland

cotton purchased not later than August

17, 1996 (90 days from the date the

quota was established), and entered into

the United States not later than

November 15, 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, Ag Code

0515, PO Box 2415, Washington, DC

20013–2415 or call (202) 720–8841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996

Act requires that a special cotton 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 April 4, 1996. Therefore, a quota

referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 12,

effective May 20, 1996, is hereby

established.

Because there are only twenty

subheadings available for designating

upland cotton special import quotas in

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS,

only twenty such quotas can be in effect

at one time. Each subheading

corresponds to a Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement specifying that a

particular amount of upland cotton may

be imported during a particular 180-day

period. The twenty-first consecutive

quota cannot be established until the

earliest of the existing twenty quotas

ends. Therefore, the special import

quota described in this notice opened

on May 20, 1996—the day after the

quota 12 in existence at the time of the

announcement ended.

The quota amount, 41,858,494

kilograms (92,282,258 pounds), is equal

to 1 week’s consumption of upland

cotton by domestic mills at the

seasonally-adjusted average rate of the

most recent 3 months for which data are

available—December 1995 through

February 1996. The special cotton

import quota identifies a quantity of

imports that is not subject to the overquota 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, DC on May 21,

1996.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13649 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 13

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 41,858,494

kilograms (92,282,258 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. The

quota is referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 13,

effective May 27, 1996, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.13, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota was established on

May 27, 1996, and applies to upland

cotton purchased not later than August

24, 1996 (90 days from the date the

quota was established), and entered into

the United States not later than

November 22, 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, Ag Code

0515, PO Box 2415, Washington, DC

20013–2415 or call (202) 720–8841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996

Act requires that a special cotton 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 April 11, 1996. Therefore, a quota

referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 13,

effective May 27, 1996, is hereby

established.