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Vol. 61, No. 125

Thursday, June 27, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 20

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 43,370,449

kilograms (95,615,552 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 20,

effective July 15, 1996, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.20, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of July

15, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than October 12,

1996 (90 days from the date the quota

was established), and entered into the

United States not later than January 10,

1997 (180 days from the date the quota

was established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of

Agriculture, Ag Code 0515, PO 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 May 30, 1996. Therefore, a

quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 20,

effective July 15, 1996, is hereby

established.

Because there are only 20

subheadings available for designating

upland cotton special import quotas in

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS,

only 20 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 special

import quota described in this notice

cannot take effect until HTS subheading

9903.52.20 becomes available upon the

expiration of the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 20,

effective January 17, 1996, through July

14, 1996. Therefore, the special import

quota described in this notice opens on

July 15, 1996, the day after the previous

special import quota 20 ends.

The quota amount, 43,370,449

kilograms (95,615,552 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—February 1996 through April

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 June 20,

1996.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16459 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

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Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 19

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 43,370,449

kilograms (95,615,552 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 19,

effective July 8, 1996, and is set forth in

subheading 9903.52.19, subchapter III,

chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota, is effective as of July

8, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than October 5,

1996 (90 days from the date the quota

was established), and entered into the

United States not later than January 3,

1997 (180 days from the date the quota

was established).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janise Zygmont, Farm Service Agency,

United States Department of

Agriculture, Ag Code 0515, PO 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 May 23, 1996. Therefore, a

quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 19,

effective July 8, 1996, is hereby

established.

Because there are only 20

subheadings available for designating

upland cotton special import quotas in

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS,

only 20 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 special

import quota described in this notice