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7 CFR 1427.1203: Eligible ELS cotton.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 7—Agriculture
- Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
- CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- SUBCHAPTER B—LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS
- PART 1427—COTTON
- Subpart G—Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Competitiveness Payment Program
(a) For the purposes of this subpart, eligible ELS cotton is domestically produced baled ELS cotton that is:
(1) Opened by an eligible domestic user on or after February 7, 2014, or
(2) Exported by an eligible exporter on or after February 7, 2014, during a Friday through Thursday period in which a payment rate determined under § 1427.1207 is in effect, and that meets the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section;
(b) Eligible ELS cotton must be either:
(1) Baled lint, including baled lint classified by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service as Below Grade; or
(2) Loose.
(c) Eligible ELS cotton must not be:
(1) ELS for which a payment, under the provisions of this subpart, has been made available;
(2) Imported ELS cotton;
(3) Raw, unprocessed motes;
(4) Textile mill wastes; or
(5) Semi-processed or re-ginned, processed motes.
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