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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 137

                                             Tuesday, July 19, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

 

Secretary of Agriculture's Special Limited Global Import Quota 
Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A special limited global import quota for upland cotton equal 
to 183,694,813 kilograms (404,978,070 pounds) is established in 
accordance with section 103B(n) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 
amended (1949 Act). This quota is covered under Presidential 
Proclamation 6301 of June 7, 1991, and is referenced as the Secretary 
of Agriculture's Special Limited Global Import Quota Announcement, 
chapter 99, subchapter III, subheading 9903.52.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS).

DATES: The quota is established for the 90-day period beginning on June 
3 and ending on August 31.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janise Zygmont, Fibers and Rice 
Analysis Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 
United States Department of Agriculture, Room 3756-S, PO Box 2415, 
Washington, DC 20013-2415 or call 202-720-6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1949 Act requires that a special limited 
global import quota for upland cotton, above the quota established 
under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as 
amended, be determined and announced immediately whenever the average 
price of the base quality of upland cotton in the designated spot 
markets for a month exceeds 130 percent of the average price of such 
quality of cotton in such markets for the preceding 36 months. The May 
1994 spot market average for base quality cotton was 79.30 cents per 
pound, which is 134 percent of the 59.15 cents-per-pound average of the 
previous 36-month period from May 1991 through April 1994.
    The quota amount is equivalent to 21 days of domestic mill 
consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally-adjusted average rate of 
the most recent 3 months for which data are available. The 183,694,813-
kilogram (404,978,070-pound) quota is based on consumption data for the 
period February through April 1994. The quota is not divided by staple 
length or by country of origin. The quota does not affect existing 
tariff rates or phytosanitary regulations.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1444-2 (n) and U.S. Note 6(b), Subchapter 
III, Chapter 99 of the HTS.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on July 12, 1994.
Mike Espy,
Secretary.
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