The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on July 19 announced Special Import Quota #13 for upland cotton will be established on July 26, allowing importation of 13,673,800 kilograms (62,803 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 23, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 21, 2019. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period March 2018 through May 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on July 12 announced Special Import Quota #12 for upland cotton will be established on July 19, allowing importation of 13,673,800 kilograms (62,803 bales) of upland cotton, up from 13,556,609 kilograms (62,264 bales) in the previous quota period (see 1807060006). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 16, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 14, 2019. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period March 2018 through May 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on July 5 announced Special Import Quota #11 for upland cotton will be established on July 12, allowing importation of 13,556,609 kilograms (62,264 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 9, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 7, 2019. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period February 2018 through April 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
Honey packed in containers that do not bear U.S. Department of Agriculture grade marks must still be labeled with the country of origin, the Agricultural Marketing Service said. AMS is issuing the clarification to respond to questions from several honey trade associations about a 2011 final rule on country of origin labeling (see 11010417), which said that “if the honey is not officially grade labeled, the country of origin labeling is not necessary whether the honey is domestic or foreign.” While that “is accurate within the context of the rule, which only applies to COOL associated with the use of approved official USDA marks or grade statements,” CBP requires that “every imported item be” labeled to indicate the country of origin, AMS said. To clarify, “honey packers must include conspicuous and indelible labeling, in English, naming the country of origin of all imported products, regardless of whether the product labeling uses approved USDA marks or grade statements,” the agency said.
The Foreign Agricultural Service published a list of updated quantity trigger levels and applicable periods for products that may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on June 28 announced Special Import Quota #10 for upland cotton will be established on July 5, allowing importation of 13,556,609 kilograms (62,264 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 2, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Dec. 31, 2018. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period February 2018 through April 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the tariff rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined and specialty sugars (including syrups and molasses) for fiscal year 2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 - Sept. 30, 2019).
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on June 21 announced Special Import Quota #9 for upland cotton will be established on June 28, allowing importation of 13,556,609 kilograms (62,264 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Sept. 25, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Dec. 24, 2018. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period February 2018 through April 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation on June 14 announced Special Import Quota #8 for upland cotton will be established on June 21, allowing importation of 13,556,609 kilograms (62,264 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Sept. 18, 2018, and entered into the U.S. by Dec. 17, 2018. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period February 2018 through April 2018, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation of fresh avocado fruit from continental Ecuador into the continental United States. Conditions would include a systems approach with production site registration, field sanitation, packinghouse procedures designed to exclude the quarantine pests and procedures for packing, storing and shipping the avocado fruit. Shipments would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Ecuadorean government. Comments are due Aug. 14.