USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Aug. 18 that Special Import Quota #18 for upland cotton will be established Aug. 25, allowing importation of 12,641,719 kilograms (58,062 bales), the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Nov. 22, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Feb. 20, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the April through June 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Aug. 11 that Special Import Quota #17 for upland cotton will be established Aug. 18, allowing importation of 12,641,719 kilograms (58,062 bales), up from 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales) in the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Nov. 15, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Feb. 13, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the April through June 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a new list of fruit and vegetable names to use for verifying spellings in ACE filings using the agency’s PGA message set, it said Aug. 9. “The list provides genus, species, subspecies, and variety names (PG05) along with corresponding common names (PG17),” APHIS said. “This list does not represent commodities that may or may not be admissible but provides the acceptable spellings for listed names and provides the corresponding Integrated Taxonomic Information Systems (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN),” the agency said. “This list is not all-encompassing; if the genus, species, subspecies, or variety does not appear on this list, use the format that appears on the associated phytosanitary certificate and commercial invoice.”
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service will charge $350 for the 2023 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or firm by the USDA authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles that are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, it said in a notice Aug. 3. The new fee is $26 higher than the $324 fee charged for 2022 TRQ year licenses (see 2109010059).
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Aug. 4 that Special Import Quota #16 for upland cotton will be established Aug. 4, allowing importation of 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales of 480 lbs.) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Nov. 8, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Feb. 6, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the March through May 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced July 28 that Special Import Quota #15 for upland cotton will be established Aug. 4, allowing importation of 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales of 480 lbs.) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Nov. 1, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 30, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the March through May 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced July 21 that Special Import Quota #14 for upland cotton will be established July 28, allowing importation of 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales of 480 lbs.) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 25, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 23, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the March through May 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced July 14 that Special Import Quota #13 for upland cotton will be established July 21, allowing importation of 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales of 480 lbs.) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 18, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 16, 2023. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the March through May 2022 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
USDA is increasing the fiscal year 2022 tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar by 90,718 metric tons raw value, it said in a notice released July 7. The increase brings the total FY22 TRQ, originally set at the 1,117,195 MTRV minimum mandated by the World Trade Organization, to 1,207,913 MTRV, USDA said. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate the increase among supplying countries and customs areas. Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility. USDA also is extending the period for entry under the FY22 raw cane sugar TRQ by one month, until Oct. 31.
The Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar and other sugars, including syrups and molasses, for fiscal year 2023 (Oct. 1, 2022 - Sept. 30, 2023). The FY23 import TRQ for raw cane sugar will be established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the minimum amount to which the U.S. is committed under the World Trade Organization Uruguay Round Agreements Act, effective July 11. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate this TRQ among supplying countries and customs areas.