How to Apply for Reimbursements
The Cotton Research and Promotion Act provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish procedures to ensure that the upland cotton content of imported products is not subject to more than one assessment under the Research and Promotion Order.
Each importer of record who paid with their own funds, an assessment on imported cotton that was produced in the U.S. or is other than Upland cotton may obtain a reimbursement of such assessment in accordance with the following procedures.