2010/2011 Cotton TRQ Opened September 20
CBP has posted a memorandum announcing the September 20, 2010 opening of the tariff rate quota for certain cotton provided for in HTS Chapter 52, Additional U.S. Note 5 for the period September 20, 2010 through September 19, 2011.
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The TRQ level is 20,207,050 kg, with the below-listed countries having the following minimum access levels:
| Argentina | 2,360 kg |
| Brazil | 280,648 kg |
| British East Africa | 1,016 kg |
| British West Africa (except Nigeria & Ghana) | 7,259 kg |
| British West Indies (except Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad, & Tobago) | 9,671 kg |
| China | 621,780 kg |
| Colombia | 56 kg |
| Ecuador | 4,233 kg |
| Egypt & Sudan (aggregate) | 355,532 kg |
| Haiti | 107 kg |
| Honduras | 341 kg |
| India & Pakistan (aggregate) | 908,764 kg |
| Indonesia & Netherlands New Guinea (aggregate) | 32,381 kg |
| Iraq | 88 kg |
| Nigeria | 2,438 kg |
| Paraguay | 395 kg |
| Peru | 112,469 kg |
| Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan (aggregate) | 215, 512 kg |
Quota class merchandise imported from countries with minimum access levels will be charged against the minimum access level granted for that country. Once the minimum access is reached, subsequent imports will be charged against the "Any Country/Area" level.
CBP's notice lists the related HTS Chapters 52 and 99 tariff numbers.
Other than the above-listed countries with minimum access levels, articles the product of countries or areas who are not members of the World Trade Organization shall not be permitted or included in the TRQ. Entries from Canada, Jordan, Mexico, Singapore, Chile, Australia, Morocco, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bahrain, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, and Oman are not subject to additional agricultural safeguard duties under HTS heading 9904, and should be presented as a type 02 entry using the high rate (over-quota) tariff number provided for in HTS Chapter 52 without the HTS Chapter 99 tariff number. Such entries must be reported through the quota module of ACS.
(QBT-10-561, dated 09/16/10)