Effective December 16, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will increase the fee paid by U.S. importers of cotton and cotton-containing products under the Cotton Research and Promotion Order. The current rate of $0.011905 per kilogram will increase to $0.012222 per kilogram; an increase of $0.000317 per kilogram or 2.7%. The…
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U.S. Cotton Fee to Increase October 16, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a final rule increasing its cotton fee assessed on applicable imports effective October 16, 2018 – subject to any adverse comments being received by the department. As of that date, the rate assessed will increase from $0.011510 per kilogram to $0.011905 per kilogram or by 3.4%. This fee…
