The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing bovine tuberculosis classifications for eight Mexican states, it said in a notice released Aug. 25. Under the proposal, the state of Sonora would be Level II; the Yucatán Peninsula region (states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo, and part of the state of Campeche), the Huasteca region (parts of the states of Puebla, Veracruz, and Hidalgo), part of the state of Chihuahua, and part of the state of Durango would be under the more restrictive Level III; and part of the state of Coahuila, part of the state of Nuevo León, and the state of Tamaulipas would be Level IV, one level below the most restrictive category. Comments are due Oct. 25.
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's Commodity Credit Corporation announced July 7 that Special Import Quota #12 for upland cotton will be established July 14, allowing importation of 12,148,606 kilograms (55,798 bales of 480 lbs) of upland cotton, up from 11,099,187 kilograms (50,978 bales) in the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Oct. 11, 2022, and entered into the U.S. by Jan. 9, 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.