Rule2026-04115
Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2025 Amendments)
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Published
March 2, 2026
Effective
February 26, 2026
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
Due to receipt of a significant adverse comment, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is withdrawing the direct final rule, "Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2025 Amendments)," that published on December 31, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04115]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1205
[Doc. No. AMS-CN-25-0018]
Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental
Assessment on Imports (2025 Amendments)
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: Due to receipt of a significant adverse comment, the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is withdrawing the direct final
rule, ``Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental
Assessment on Imports (2025 Amendments),'' that published on December
31, 2025.
DATES: Effective February 26, 2026, AMS withdraws the direct final rule
published at 90 FR 61261, on December 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Coleman, Branch Chief, Research
and Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 3275 Appling
Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38133; telephone (901) 384-3000; facsimile
(901) 384-3033; or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70331f04041f1e222030050314115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cf8ca0bbbba0a19d9f8fbabcabaee1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2025, AMS published a direct
final rule (90 FR 61261). The rule amended the Cotton Board Rules and
Regulations, decreasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the
purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by
the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. That amendment is required
each year to ensure that assessments collected on imported cotton and
the cotton content of imported products will be the same as those paid
on domestically produced cotton. In addition, in the direct final rule,
AMS updated the Import Assessment Table to account for changes since
the last assessment adjustment in 2024.
In the direct final rule, AMS stated that if significant adverse
comment was received by January 30, 2026, AMS would withdraw the rule.
Because AMS received a significant adverse comment on the rule, AMS is
now withdrawing the direct final rule.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1205
Advertising, Agricultural research, Cotton, Marketing agreements,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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Accordingly, as of February 26, 2026, AMS withdraws the direct final
rule amending 7 CFR part 1205, which published at 90 FR 61261, on
December 31, 2025.
Erin Morris,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-04115 Filed 2-26-26; 4:15 pm]
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