2026-04115: Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2025 Amendments)

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 9977] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-04115] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 40 / Monday, March 2, 2026 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 9977]] 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 [email protected].

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. 0 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] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P