Cotton research and promotion order: Imported cotton and cotton content of imported products; supplemental assessment calculation,

[Federal Register: May 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 98)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 27818-27823]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr21my98-2]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1205

[CN-98-002]

1998 Amendment to Cotton Board Rules and Regulations Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by lowering the value assigned to imported cotton for the purpose of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This action is required by this regulation on an annual basis to ensure that the assessments collected on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products remain similar to those paid on domestically produced cotton.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma McDill, (202) 720-2145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

This rule has been determined to be ``not significant'' for purposes of Executive Order 12866, and, therefore, has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.

Executive Order 12988

This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. It is not intended to have retroactive effect. This rule would not preempt any state or local laws, regulations, or policies, unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this rule.

The Cotton Research and Promotion Act provides that administrative proceedings must be exhausted before parties may file suit in court. Under Section 12 of the Act, any person subject to an order may file with the Secretary a petition stating that the order, any provision of the plan, or any obligation imposed in connection with the order is not in accordance with law and requesting a modification of the order or to be exempted therefrom. Such person is afforded the opportunity for a hearing on the petition. After the hearing, the Secretary would rule on the petition. The Act provides that the District Court of the United States in any district in which the person is an inhabitant, or has his principal place of business, has jurisdiction to review the Secretary's ruling, provided a complaint is filedwithin 20 days from the date of the entry of the ruling.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

Pursuant to requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) AMS has considered the economic impact of this action on small entities and has determined that its implementation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.

There are an estimated 16,000 importers who are presently subject to rules and regulations issued pursuant to the Cotton Research and Promotion Order. This rule will affect importers of cotton and cotton- containing products. The majority of these importers are small businesses under the criteria established by the Small Business Administration. This rule will lower the assessments paid by the importers under the Cotton Research and Promotion Order. Even though the assessment would be lowered, the decrease is small and will not significantly affect small businesses.

The current assessment on imported cotton is $0.012412 per kilogram of imported cotton. The amended assessment is $0.011850, a decrease of $0.000562 or a 4.5 percent decrease from the current assessment. From January through December 1997 approximately $20 million was collected at the $0.012412 per kilogram rate. Should the volume of cotton products imported into the U.S. remain at the same level in 1998, one could expect the decreased assessment to generate $19.1 million or a 4.5 percent decrease from 1997.

Paperwork Reduction

In compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations (5 CFR Part 1320) which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the information collection requirements contained in the regulation to be amended have been previously approved by OMB and were assigned control number 0581-0093.

Background

The Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990 enacted by Congress under Subtitle G of Title XIX of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 on November 28, 1990, contained two provisions that authorized changes in the funding procedures for the Cotton Research and Promotion Program.

These provisions are: (1) The assessment of imported cotton and cotton products; and (2) termination of the right of cotton producers to demand a refund of assessments.

An amended Cotton Research and Promotion Order was approved by producers and importers voting in a referendum held July 17-26, 1991 and the amended Order was published in the Federal Register on December 10, 1991, (56 FR 64470). Proposed rules implementing the amended Order were published in the Federal Register on December 17, 1991, (56 FR 65450). Implementing rules were published on July 1 and 2, 1992, (57 FR 29181) and (57 FR 29431), respectively.

This rule will decrease the value assigned to imported cotton in the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations (7 CFR 1205.510 (b)(2)). This value is used to calculate supplemental assessments on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products. Supplemental assessments are the second part of a two-part assessment. The first part of the assessment is levied on the weight of cotton produced or imported at a rate of $1 per bale of cotton which is equivalent to 500 pounds or $1 per 226.8 kilograms of cotton.

Supplemental assessments are levied at a rate of five-tenths of one percent of the value of domestically produced cotton, imported cotton, and the cotton content of imported products. The agency has adopted the practice of assigning the calendar year average price received by U.S. farmers for Upland cotton to represent the value of imported cotton. This is done so that the assessment on domestically produced cotton and the assessment on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products remain similar. The source for the average price statistic is ``Agricultural Prices'', a publication of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the Department of Agriculture. Use of the average price figure in the calculation of supplemental assessments on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products yields an assessment that approximates assessments paid on domestically produced cotton in the prior calendar year.

The current value of imported cotton as published in the Federal Register (62 FR 46412) on September 2, 1997, for the purpose of calculating supplemental assessments on imported cotton is $1.6005 per kilogram. This number was calculated using the annual average price received by farmers for Upland cotton during the calendar year 1996 which was $0.726 per pound and multiplying by the conversion factor

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2.2046. Using the Average Price Received by U.S. Farmers for Upland Cotton for the calendar year 1997, which is $0.675 per pound, the new value of imported cotton is $1.4881 per kilogram. The amended value is $0.1124 per kilogram less than the previous value.

An example of the complete assessment formula and how the various figures are obtained is as follows:

One bale is equal to 500 pounds. One kilogram equals 2.2046 pounds. One pound equals 0.453597 kilograms.

One Dollar Per Bale Assessment Converted to Kilograms

A 500 pound bale equals 226.8 kg. (500 x .453597). $1 per bale assessment equals $0.002000 per pound (1‹divide›500) or $0.004409 per kg. (1‹divide›226.8).

Supplemental Assessment of \5/10\ of One Percent of the Value of the Cotton Converted to Kilograms

The 1997 calendar year average price received by producers for Upland cotton is $0.675 per pound or $1.4881 per kg. (0.675 x 2.2046)=1.4881. Five tenths of one percent of the average price in kg. equals $0.007441 per kg. (1.4881 x .005).

Total Assessment

The total assessment per kilogram of raw cotton is obtained by adding the $1 per bale equivalent assessment of $0.004409 per kg. and the supplemental assessment $0.007441 per kg. which equals $0.011850 per kg.

The current assessment on imported cotton is $0.012412 per kilogram of imported cotton. The amended assessment is $0.011850, a decrease of $0.000562 per kilogram. This decrease reflects the decrease in the Average Price of Upland Cotton Received by U.S. Farmers during the period January through December 1997.

Since the value of cotton is the basis of the supplemental assessment calculation and the figures shown in the right hand column of the Import Assessment Table 1205.510(b)(3) are a result of such a calculation, the figures in this table have been revised. These figures indicate the total assessment per kilogram due for each Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number subject to assessment.

Eight HTS numbers subject to assessment pursuant to this regulation and found in the assessment table have been changed. In order to maintain consistency between the HTS and the assessment table, the changes to these eight numbers have been incorporated into the assessment table. The last two digits of these numbers were changed to provide for statistical reporting purposes and involve no physical change to the products they represent. Therefore, the assessment rate is not affected by the change. The assessment rate for each of the eight numbers has been applied to each of the new replacement numbers in the assessment table. The following table represents the changes:

Conversion Assessment Old No.

New No.

factor

cents/kg.

5208523040...................................................... 5208523045

1.1455

1.3574 5208524040...................................................... 5208524045

1.1455

1.3574 5208524060...................................................... 5208524065

1.1455

1.3574 5208592020...................................................... 5208592025

1.1455

1.3574 5208592090...................................................... 5208592095

1.1455

1.3574 5209516030...................................................... 5209516035

1.1455

1.3574 5209590020...................................................... 5209590025

1.1455

1.3574 5211590020...................................................... 5211590025

0.6873

0.8145

A proposed rule with a request for comments was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 15336) on March 31, 1998. No comments were received during the comment period (March 31 through April 30, 1998).

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1205

Advertising, Agricultural research, Cotton, Marketing agreements, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR Part 1205 is amended as follows:

PART 1205--COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION

1. The authority citation for Part 1205 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2101-2118.

2. In Sec. 1205.510, paragraphs (b)(2) and the table in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) are revised to read as follows:

Sec. 1205.510 Levy of assessments.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(2) The 12-month average of monthly average prices received by U.S. farmers will be calculated annually. Such average will be used as the value of imported cotton for the purpose of levying the supplemental assessment on imported cotton and will be expressed in kilograms. The value of imported cotton for the purpose of levying this supplemental assessment is $1.4881 per kilogram.

(3) * * *

(ii) * * *

Import Assessment Table

[Raw cotton fiber]

Conv. Cents/ HTS No.

fact. kg.

5201000500............................................ 0

1.185 5201001200............................................ 0

1.185 5201001400............................................ 0

1.185 5201001800............................................ 0

1.185 5201002200............................................ 0

1.185 5201002400............................................ 0

1.185 5201002800............................................ 0

1.185 5201003400............................................ 0

1.185 5201003800............................................ 0

1.185 5204110000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5204200000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205111000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205112000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205121000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205122000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205131000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205132000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205141000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205210020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205210090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205220020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205220090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205230020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205230090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205240020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205240090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205310000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205320000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205330000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205340000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205410020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167

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5205410090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205420020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205420090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205440020............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5205440090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5206120000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206130000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206140000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206220000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206230000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206240000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5206310000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5207100000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5207900000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5208112020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208112040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208112090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208114020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208114060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208114090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208118090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208124020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208124040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208124090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208126020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208126040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208126060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208126090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208128020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208128090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208130000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208192020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208192090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208194020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208194090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208196020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208196090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208224040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208224090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208226020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208226060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208228020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208230000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208292020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208292090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208294090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208296090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208298020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208312000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208321000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208323020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208323040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208323090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208324020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208324040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208325020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208330000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208392020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208392090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208394090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208396090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208398020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208412000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208416000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208418000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208421000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208423000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208424000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208425000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208430000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208492000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208494020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208494090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208496010............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208496090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208498090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208512000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208516060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208518090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208523020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208523045............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208523090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208524020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208524045............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208524065............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208525020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208530000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208592025............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208592095............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208594090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5208596090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209110020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209110035............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209110090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209120020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209120040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209190020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209190040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209190060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209190090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209210090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209220020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209220040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209290040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209290090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209313000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209316020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209316035............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209316050............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209316090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209320020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209320040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209390020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209390040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209390060............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209390080............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209390090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209413000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209416020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209416040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209420020............................................ 1.0309 1.2216 5209420040............................................ 1.0309 1.2216 5209430030............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209430050............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209490020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209490090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209516035............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209516050............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209520020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209590025............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209590040............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5209590090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5210114020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210114040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210116020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210116040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210116060............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210118020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210120000............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210192090............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210214040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210216020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210216060............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210218020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210314020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210314040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210316020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210318020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210414000............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210416000............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210418000............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210498090............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210514040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210516020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210516040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5210516060............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211110090............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211120020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211190020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211190060............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211210025............................................ 0.4165 0.4936 5211210035............................................ 0.4165 0.4936 5211210050............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211290090............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211320020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211390040............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211390060............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211490020............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211490090............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5211590025............................................ 0.6873 0.8145 5212146090............................................ 0.9164 1.0859 5212156020............................................ 0.9164 1.0859 5212216090............................................ 0.9164 1.0859 5509530030............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5509530060............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5513110020............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513110040............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513110060............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513110090............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513120000............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513130020............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513210020............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5513310000............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5514120020............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5516420060............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5516910060............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5516930090............................................ 0.4009 0.4751 5601210010............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5601210090............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5601300000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5602109090............................................ 0.5727 0.6786 5602290000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5602906000............................................ 0.526 0.6233 5604900000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5607902000............................................ 0.8889 1.0533 5608901000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5608902300............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5609001000............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5609004000............................................ 0.5556 0.6584 5701104000............................................ 0.0556 0.0659 5701109000............................................ 0.1111 0.1317 5701901010............................................ 1.0444 1.2376 5702109020............................................ 1.1 1.3035 5702312000............................................ 0.0778 0.0922 5702411000............................................ 0.0722 0.0856 5702412000............................................ 0.0778 0.0922 5702421000............................................ 0.0778 0.0922

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5702913000............................................ 0.0889 0.1053 5702991010............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5702991090............................................ 1.1111 1.3167 5703900000............................................ 0.4489 0.5319 5801210000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5801230000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5801250010............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5801250020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5801260020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5802190000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5802300030............................................ 0.5727 0.6786 5804291000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5806200010............................................ 0.3534 0.4188 5806200090............................................ 0.3534 0.4188 5806310000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 5806400000............................................ 0.4296 0.5091 5808107000............................................ 0.5727 0.6786 5808900010............................................ 0.5727 0.6786 5811002000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 6001106000............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 6001210000............................................ 0.8591 1.018 6001220000............................................ 0.2864 0.3394 6001910010............................................ 0.8591 1.018 6001910020............................................ 0.8591 1.018 6001920020............................................ 0.2864 0.3394 6001920030............................................ 0.2864 0.3394 6001920040............................................ 0.2864 0.3394 6002203000............................................ 0.8681 1.0287 6002206000............................................ 0.2894 0.3429 6002420000............................................ 0.8681 1.0287 6002430010............................................ 0.2894 0.3429 6002430080............................................ 0.2894 0.3429 6002921000............................................ 1.1574 1.3715 6002930040............................................ 0.1157 0.1371 6002930080............................................ 0.1157 0.1371 6101200010............................................ 1.0094 1.1961 6101200020............................................ 1.0094 1.1961 6102200010............................................ 1.0094 1.1961 6102200020............................................ 1.0094 1.1961 6103421020............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6103421040............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6103421050............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6103421070............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6103431520............................................ 0.2516 0.2981 6103431540............................................ 0.2516 0.2981 6103431550............................................ 0.2516 0.2981 6103431570............................................ 0.2516 0.2981 6104220040............................................ 0.9002 1.0667 6104220060............................................ 0.9002 1.0667 6104320000............................................ 0.9207 1.091 6104420010............................................ 0.9002 1.0667 6104420020............................................ 0.9002 1.0667 6104520010............................................ 0.9312 1.1035 6104520020............................................ 0.9312 1.1035 6104622006............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622011............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622016............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622021............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622026............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622028............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622030............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104622060............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6104632006............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104632011............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104632026............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104632028............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104632030............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104632060............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6104692030............................................ 0.3858 0.4572 6105100010............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6105100020............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6105100030............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6105202010............................................ 0.3078 0.3647 6105202030............................................ 0.3078 0.3647 6106100010............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6106100020............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6106100030............................................ 0.985 1.1672 6106202010............................................ 0.3078 0.3647 6106202030............................................ 0.3078 0.3647 6107110010............................................ 1.1322 1.3417 6107110020............................................ 1.1322 1.3417 6107120010............................................ 0.5032 0.5963 6107210010............................................ 0.8806 1.0435 6107220015............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6107220025............................................ 0.3774 0.4472 6107910040............................................ 1.2581 1.4908 6108210010............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108210020............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108310010............................................ 1.1201 1.3273 6108310020............................................ 1.1201 1.3273 6108320010............................................ 0.2489 0.2949 6108320015............................................ 0.2489 0.2949 6108320025............................................ 0.2489 0.2949 6108910005............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108910015............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108910025............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108910030............................................ 1.2445 1.4747 6108920030............................................ 0.2489 0.2949 6109100005............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100007............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100009............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100012............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100014............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100018............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100023............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100027............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100037............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100040............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100045............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100060............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100065............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 6109100070............................................ 0.9956 1.1798 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6209303020............................................ 0.2463 0.2919 6209303040............................................ 0.2463 0.2919 6210109010............................................ 0.2291 0.2715 6210403000............................................ 0.0391 0.0463 6210405020............................................ 0.4556 0.5399 6211111010............................................ 0.1273 0.1509 6211111020............................................ 0.1273 0.1509 6211118010............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 6211118020............................................ 1.1455 1.3574 6211320007............................................ 0.8461 1.0026 6211320010............................................ 1.0413 1.2339 6211320015............................................ 1.0413 1.2339 6211320030............................................ 0.9763 1.1569 6211320060............................................ 0.9763 1.1569 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6211430060............................................ 0.2603 0.3085 6211430066............................................ 0.2603 0.3085 6212105020............................................ 0.2412 0.2858 6212109010............................................ 0.9646 1.1431 6212109020............................................ 0.2412 0.2858 6212200020............................................ 0.3014 0.3572 6212900030............................................ 0.1929 0.2286 6213201000............................................ 1.1809 1.3994 6213202000............................................ 1.0628 1.2594 6213901000............................................ 0.4724 0.5598 6214900010............................................ 0.9043 1.0716 6216000800............................................ 0.2351 0.2786 6216001720............................................ 0.6752 0.8001 6216003800............................................ 1.2058 1.4289 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6302222010............................................ 0.4091 0.4848 6302222020............................................ 0.4091 0.4848 6302313010............................................ 0.8182 0.9696 6302313050............................................ 1.1689 1.3851 6302315050............................................ 0.8182 0.9696 6302317010............................................ 1.1689 1.3851 6302317020............................................ 1.1689 1.3851 6302317040............................................ 1.1689 1.3851 6302317050............................................ 1.1689 1.3851 6302319010............................................ 0.8182 0.9696 6302319040............................................ 0.8182 0.9696 6302319050............................................ 0.8182 0.9696 6302322020............................................ 0.4091 0.4848 6302322040............................................ 0.4091 0.4848 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Dated: May 15, 1998. Mary E. Atienza, Deputy Administrator, Cotton Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-13525Filed5-20-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410-02-P