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Europe price by more than 1.25 cents

per pound. This condition was met

during the consecutive 10-week period

that ended May 9, 1996. Therefore, a

quota referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 17,

effective June 24, 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

9903.52.17 becomes available upon the

expiration of the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 17,

effective December 27, 1995, through

June 23, 1996. Therefore, the special

import quota described in this notice

opens on June 24, 1996, the day after the

previous special import quota 17 ends.

The quota amount, 42,728,074

kilograms (94,199,355 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—January 1996 through March

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, Public Law 104–127

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

of the HTS.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on June 20,

1996.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16462 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–M

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 16

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 42,728,074

kilograms (94,199,355 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 16,

effective June 17, 1996, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.16, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of June

17, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than September 14,

1996 (90 days from the date the quota

was established), and entered into the

United States not later than December

13, 1996 (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 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 May 2, 1996. Therefore, a quota

referenced as the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 16,

effective June 17, 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

9903.52.16 becomes available upon the

expiration of the Secretary of

Agriculture’s Special Cotton Import

Quota Announcement Number 16,

effective December 20, 1995, through

June 16, 1996. Therefore, the special

import quota described in this notice

opens on June 17, 1996, the day after the

previous special import quota 16 ends.

The quota amount, 42,728,074

kilograms (94,199,355 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—January 1996 through March

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, Public Law 104–127

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

of the HTS.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on June 20,

1996.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16463 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–M

Secretary of Agriculture’s Special

Cotton Import Quota Announcement

Number 15

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A special import quota for

upland cotton equal to 42,728,074

kilograms (94,199,355 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 15,

effective June 10, 1996, and is set forth

in subheading 9903.52.15, subchapter

III, chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

DATES: The quota is effective as of June

10, 1996, and applies to upland cotton

purchased not later than September 7,

1996 (90 days from the date the quota

was established), and entered into the

United States not later than December 6,

1996 (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