Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: October 15, 2010 (Volume 75,
Number 199)]
[Notices]
[Page 63437-63438]
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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.
2011016) for trade adjustment assistance (TAA)
for northeast multi-species fish filed under the
fiscal year (FY) 2011 program by the New
Hampshire Commercial Fisherman's Association.
The petition was accepted for review by USDA on
August 16, 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
able to demonstrate the greater than 15-percent
decline'' criterion, because it showed a
17-percent decline in the average annual price
for 2009, when compared to the previous 3-year
period. However, the import data provided for
the same time period showed a 5.8-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
northeast multi-species fish producers in
Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode
Island ineligible for trade adjustment
assistance in FY 2011.
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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.
Suzanne Hale,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-26011 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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