CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1400 to 1499) > SUBCHAPTER B—LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS (parts 1410 to 1499) > PART 1427—COTTON > SUBPART G—Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Competitiveness Payment Program (§1427.1200 to §1427.1208) > 1427.1203—Eligible ELS cotton.

1427.1203—Eligible ELS cotton.

(a) For the purposes of this subpart, eligible ELS cotton is domestically produced baled ELS cotton that is:
(1) Opened by an eligible domestic user on or after June 18, 2008, or
(2) Exported by an eligible exporter on or after June 18, 2008, during a Friday through Thursday period in which a payment rate determined under § 1427.1207 is in effect, and that meets the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section;
(b) Eligible ELS cotton must be either:
(1) Baled lint, including baled lint classified by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service as Below Grade; or
(2) Loose.
(c) Eligible ELS cotton must not be:
(1) ELS for which a payment, under the provisions of this subpart, has been made available;
(2) Imported ELS cotton;
(3) Raw, unprocessed motes;
(4) Textile mill wastes; or
(5) Semi-processed or re-ginned, processed motes.

Code of Federal Regulations

[70 FR 67343, Nov. 7, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 65724, Nov. 5, 2008]