[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-17518] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: July 19, 1994] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [FR Doc. 94-17518 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-05-P