Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: October 15, 2010
(Volume 75, Number 199)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS) has denied a petition (No.
2011032) for trade adjustment assistance (TAA)
for blueberries filed under the fiscal year (FY)
2011 program by three producers on behalf of
blueberry producers in New Hampshire. The
petition was accepted for review by USDA on
August 13, 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 TAA 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 was
unable to demonstrate the greater than
15-percent decline' criterion, because it showed
a 26.4-percent increase in production quantity
for 2009, instead of the required decrease, when
compared to the previous 3-year period.
Because the petition was unable to meet the
`greater than 15-percent decline' criterion, the
Administrator was not able to certify it, making
blueberry producers in New Hampshire ineligible
for trade adjustment assistance in FY 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program Staff,
Office of Trade Programs, FAS, USDA, at (202)
720-0638, or (202) 690-0633, or by e-mail at:tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov,
or visit the TAA for Farmers' Web site at:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.
Dated: October 6, 2010.
Susanne Hale,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-26008 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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