Upland Cotton Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills
The Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Act) initiates a program whereby payments will be made to eligible participants. The Regulations and Agreement (enclosed) set forth the terms and conditions under which the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will make payments.
List of Participants Earning Payments
- FY 2025 List of Participants Earning Payments
- FY 2024 List of Participants Earning Payments
- FY 2023 List of Participants Earning Payments
- FY 2022 List of Participants Earning Payments
- FY 2021 List of Participants Earning Payments
Extra Long Staple Cotton
Special Competitive Provisions for Extra Long Staple Cotton
The Special Competitive Provisions for Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton, also known as Pima cotton, began in the fall of 1999 to help domestic mills and exporters to: (1) maintain and expand the domestic use of ELS cotton produced in the United States; (2) increase exports of U.S. ELS cotton; and (3) ensure that U.S.-produced ELS cotton remains competitive in world markets.
Payments are available when (1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world market price for the lowest priced competing growth of ELS cotton (adjusted to U.S. quality and location) is below the prevailing U.S. price for a competing growth of ELS cotton; and (2) the lowest priced competing growth of ELS cotton (adjusted to U.S. quality and location) is less than 113 percent of the loan rate for ELS cotton. The payment rate, whether zero or greater than zero, is announced by a rate report every Thursday in Washington, D. C., for the following Friday through Thursday, which is also known as the rate week. To be eligible for payment, Domestic Users and Exporters are required to sign an agreement and comply with all rules and regulations of the ELS cotton program.
- ELS Information Bulletin January 30, 2020 (pdf)
- FY 2021 List of ELS Approved Participants (pdf)
- 7 CFR Part 1427 - Cotton - Subpart G--Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Competitiveness Payment
- CCC-1045ELS, Extra Long Staple Cotton Domestic User/Exporter Agreement (pdf)
- CCC-1045ELS-1, Weekly Consumption/Application for Payment Report for Extra Long Staple Cotton (pdf)
- CCC-1045ELS-2, Extra Long Staple Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program Exporter Application for Payment (pdf)
- Border Crossing Documentation (pdf)
- CRD-05-01 (pdf) - Through Bills of Lading from the Port of Memphis, Tennessee
Additional Resources
- Cotton Consumption and Inventory Report (pdf)
- Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills Participants List
- ELS Cotton Weekly Prices
- Upland Cotton Weekly Prices (AWP)
- Cotton Online Processing System COPS
Contact Information
Warehouse and Commodity Management Division
Mail Stop 9148, P. O. Box 419205
Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205
Telephone: 816-926-6474
Fax: 844-930-0174
E-Mail: EAAP.ELS@usda.gov
Express Mail Address:
Warehouse and Commodity Management Division
Mail Stop 9148
2312 East Bannister Rd
Kansas City, Missouri 64131-3011
Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.