Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: August
30, 2010 (Volume 75,
Number 187)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
The Administrator of the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) has denied a petition
(No. 2011005) for trade adjustment assistance
for wool filed under the fiscal year (FY) 2011
program by wool producers from Idaho, Utah, and
Wyoming. The petition was accepted for review by
USDA on July 21, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To qualify under the
program, Subtitle C of Title I of the Trade Act
of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 210) states that petitions
must demonstrate, using data for the most
recent, full marketing year or full official
marketing season, a greater than 15-percent
decline in at least one of the following
factors: national average price, quantity of
production, value of production, or cash
receipts.
According to the statute, it is also necessary
for the petition to demonstrate that an increase
in imports of like or directly competitive
articles, during the same marketing period,
contributed importantly to the decrease in one
of the above factors for the agricultural
commodity.
All petitions were analyzed by USDA’s Economic
Research Service and reviewed by the Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program Review
Committee, comprised of representatives from
USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist, Farm
Service Agency, Agricultural Marketing Service,
and FAS. After a review, the Administrator
determined that the petition demonstrated the
‘greater than 15-percent decline’ criterion,
because it showed a 15.9-percent decline in the
value of wool production for 2009, when compared
to the previous 3-year period. However, the
import data provided for the same time period
showed a 37.2-percent decrease, instead of the
required increase, under the program.
Because the petition was unable to meet the
‘increase in imports’ criterion, the
Administrator was not able to certify the
petition, making wool producers in Idaho, Utah,
and Wyoming ineligible for trade adjustment
assistance in FY 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers Program staff, Office of Trade
Programs, USDA; or by phone at (202)
720–0638 or (202) 690–0633; or by email
at: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov;
or visit the TAA for Farmers’ Web site
at:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.
Dated: September 20, 2010
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–24306 Filed 9–27–10; 8:45 am]
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