USDA Announces Special Import Quota #21 for Upland Cotton
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced March 11 that Special Import Quota #21 for upland cotton will be established March 18, allowing importation of 8,408,469 kilograms (38,619 bales) of upland cotton, slightly down from 8,648,011 kilograms (39,720…
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bales) in the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than June 15, 2021, and entered into the U.S. by Sept. 13, 2021. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the November 2020 through January 2021 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.