Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2020 Amendments)
trade · Agricultural Marketing Service · Rule · Published 2020-10-05 · Effective 2020-12-04 · 85 FR 62545
Document
Document number
2020-19373
Federal Register citation
85 FR 62545
CFR reference
7 CFR 1205
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
trade
Sub-agency
Agricultural Marketing Service
Publication date
2020-10-05
Effective date
2020-12-04
USDA docket
Doc. No. AMS-CN-20-0006
Abstract
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations, decreasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This amendment is required each year to ensure that assessments collected on imported cotton and the cotton content of imported products will be the same as those paid on domestically produced cotton. In addition, AMS is updating the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) statistical reporting numbers that were amended since the last assessment adjustment in 2019.