Title 7

SECTION 1471.2

1471.2 Pima cotton payments.

§ 1471.2 Pima cotton payments.

From available funds in the Agriculture Pima Trust, CCC will annually make payments for each of calendar years 2015 through 2023 as follows:

(a) Twenty-five percent of the amounts in the Agriculture Pima Trust shall be paid to one or more nationally recognized associations established for the promotion of pima cotton for use in textile and apparel goods, as determined by the Secretary, during the calendar year immediately preceding the payment.

(b) Twenty-five percent of the amounts in the Agriculture Pima Trust shall be paid to yarn spinners of pima cotton that produce ring spun cotton yarns in the U.S. during the calendar year immediately preceding the payment, to be allocated to each yarn spinner in an amount that bears the same ratio as

(1) The yarn spinner's production of ring spun cotton yarns in the prior calendar year, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) from pima cotton in single and plied form during the prior calendar year, bears to

(2) The production of the yarns described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section during the prior calendar year by all yarn spinners that qualify under this paragraph (b).

(c) Fifty percent of the amounts in the Agriculture Pima Trust shall be paid to manufacturers that, during the calendar year immediately preceding the payment, certify, pursuant to the affidavit under § 1471.4, they used imported pima cotton fabric during the prior calendar year to produce such shirts, to be allocated to each manufacturer in an amount that bears the same ratio as

(1) The dollar value (excluding duty, shipping, and insurance) of imported woven pima cotton shirting fabric of 80s or higher count and 2-ply in warp used by the manufacturer during calendar year 2013 to produce men's and boys' pima cotton shirts, bears to

(2) The dollar value (excluding duty, shipping, and insurance) of the fabric described in paragraph (c)(1) of this section used to manufacture men's and boy's pima cotton shirts in 2013 by all manufacturers that qualify under this paragraph (c).

(3) A yarn spinner will not receive an amount under paragraph (b)(1) of this section that exceeds the cost of pima cotton that was:

(i) Purchased during the prior calendar year; and

(ii) Used in spinning any cotton yarns.

(4) The Secretary will reallocate any amounts reduced by reason of the limitation under paragraph (b) of this section to spinners using the ratio described in paragraph (b) of this section, disregarding production of any spinner subject to that limitation.

[80 FR 12327, Mar. 9, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 81659, Nov. 18, 2016; 85 FR 6420, Feb. 5, 2020]

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