7 CFR § 27.36 - Classification determinations based on official standards.

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title: "7 CFR § 27.36 - Classification determinations based on official standards."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "27.36"
section_name: "Classification determinations based on official standards."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "COTTON CLASSIFICATION UNDER COTTON FUTURES LEGISLATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 15b, 7 U.S.C. 473b, 7 U.S.C. 1622(g)."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10923, Dec. 28, 1957; 30 FR 7239, May 29, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
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# 27.36 Classification determinations based on official standards.

All cotton shall be classified on the basis of the official cotton standards of the United States in effect at the time of such classification.

[77 FR 5380, Feb. 3, 2012]