- To : Automated Broker Interface
Subject: COTTON FEE AMENDED
TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : ROBERT ABELS
SUBJECT : TEX COTTON FEE AMENDED
DATE : 11/03/93
3301052
OCTOBER 28, 1993
SPE-CO:TO:T:T RA
CATEGORY: TEX
TO: ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS),
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS
FROM: ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
PASS TO ALL REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS,
INSPECTORS, BROKERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SUBJECT: AMENDED COTTON FEES
REFER: E-MAIL # 2196011, DATED JULY 14, 1992
EFFECTIVE: NOVEMBER 8, 1993
ACTION: THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IS AMENDING THE COTTON FEE ASSESSED ON
CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS. THE LIST OF FEES AND
CORRESPONDING HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE NUMBERS (HTS)
ARE LISTED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER DATED OCTOBER 7,
1993. THESE FEES REPLACE THOSE THAT APPEAR IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER DATED JULY 2, 1992.
THE HTS NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE FEE, THE CONVERSION
FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE THE ASSESSMENT AND THE ACTUAL
CENTS PER KILOGRAM RATES ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE
AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS).
1) MERCHANDISE ENTERED AND CLASSIFIED UNDER 9802.00.40,
9802.00.50, 9802.00.80 AND 9813 AND THE HTS NUMBER
ACCOMPANYING THESE NUMBERS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE
PAYMENT OF THE COTTON FEE.
2) MERCHANDISE ENTERED AND CLASSIFIED UNDER THE HTS
NUMBERS WITH A VALID "H" SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR
(SPI) ARE EXEMPT. THE "H" SPI IS RESERVED FOR SPECIAL
REGIME AND SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM TEXTILE MERCHANDISE
THAT HAS UNDERGONE STONEWASHING, ACID-WASHING, ETC.,
WHICH DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR 9802.00.8010.
3) IF THE COLLECTION FOR THIS COTTON FEE IS $2.00 OR
LESS PER LINE, IT WILL NOT BE COLLECTED, AND IN THOSE
INSTANCES NO AMOUNT SHOULD BE INDICATED ON THE CF
7501.
4) MERCHANDISE ENTERED ON INFORMAL ENTRIES AND\OR AS A
TEMPORARY IMPORTATION BOND (TIB) ARE EXEMPTED FROM ANY
COTTON FEES.
5) NO COTTON FEES APPLY TO PRODUCTS OR ARTICLES THAT DO
NOT CONTAIN ANY COTTON (THE EXEMPTION NUMBER
"999999999" MUST BE REPORTED IN COLUMN 34 TO INDICATE
NO FEE IS REQUIRED). THE "999..." NUMBER SHOULD ONLY
BE USED IF THE HTS NUMBER IS LISTED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER AS A HTS NUMBER SUBJECT TO THE COTTON FEE.
ANY COTTON LINING IN A TEXTILE ARTICLE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER A COTTON FEE APPLIES.
6) U.S. GOODS RETURNED WHICH ARE PROPERLY CLASSIFIED
UNDER HTS 9801.00.10 ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE COTTON FEE.
IN ADDITION TO THESE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THE COTTON BOARD
HAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN IMPORTATIONS OF COTTON
PRODUCTS MAY BE EXEMPT. ANY REQUEST FOR THIS TYPE OF
EXEMPTION MUST BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE COTTON BOARD AT
P.O. BOX 2121, MEMPHIS, TN 38101-2121. IF THE COTTON
BOARD GRANTS THIS EXEMPTION, THEY WILL ISSUE AN EXEMPT
CERTIFICATION, AND THE NUMBER SHOWN ON THIS CERTIFICATE
MUST BE REPORTED UPON ENTRY IN COLUMN 34 ON THE CF
7501. WITHOUT THIS EXEMPTION THE APPLICABLE COTTON FEE
WILL BE COLLECTED.
ANY PROTESTS ON OVERPAYMENT OF A COTTON FEE MUST BE
MADE TO THE COTTON BOARD. U.S. CUSTOMS WILL NOT ISSUE
ANY REFUNDS BECAUSE OF OVERPAYMENT OF THE COTTON FEE.
INFO: QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TELEX MAY BE REFERRED TO THE
TEXTILE PRODUCTS BRANCH AT 202-927-0001 OR 202-927-
0705. QUESTIONS ON THE COTTON FEE PROGRAM CAN BE
DIRECTED TO CRAIG SHACKELFORD AT (202) 720-2259.
QUESTIONS ON ABI UPDATES CAN BE DIRECTED TO IRV FISHER
AT (202) 927-0241.
THOMAS P. BANNER