I hereby find and declare that such additional quantity may be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during such quota year without rendering or tending to render ineffective or materially interfering with the domestic program undertaken with respect to cotton, or reducing substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from cotton produced in the United States.
Proclamation 2800—Supplemental Quota on Imports of Long-Staple Cotton
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