Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register:
September 28, 2010 (Volume 75,
Number 187)]
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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. 2011017) for trade adjustment assistance
for apples filed under the fiscal year (FY) 2011
program by the Maine State Pomological Society.
The petition was accepted for review by USDA on
August 12, 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 was unable to
demonstrate the ‘greater than 15-percent
decline’ criterion, because it showed only a
7.2- percent decline in the average annual price
for 2009/2010, when compared to the previous
3-year period.
Additionally, the import data provided for the
same time period showed a 3.7- percent decrease,
instead of the required increase, under the
program. Because the petition was unable to meet
the ‘greater than 15-percent decline’ criterion
and the ‘increase in imports’ criterion, the
Administrator was not able to certify the
petition, making apple producers in Maine
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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