Cotton and Wool Apparel Program

 

FSA will provide assistance to eligible apparel manufacturers, Pima cotton spinners, and wool fabric manufacturers and wool spinners that have experienced a decrease of at least 15 percent decrease in gross sales or consumption in calendar year 2020, compared to calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019.

Active 10.149 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Not applicable. The Commodity Credit Corporation Chart Act (U.S.C. 714), Section 714 An eligible applicant receives the CAWA benefit. An eligible applicant must be: For apparel manufacturers, eligible products include: o men's and boys' worsted wool suits, sport coats, or pants, or o men's and boys' Pima cotton dress shirts. The products must have been cut and sewn in the United States at a facility owned by the applicant or a member of its controlled group in the United States. For Pima cotton spinners, the eligible product is Pima cotton for U.S. ring spun Pima cotton yarns measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) in a single and plied form. For wool fabric manufacturers and wool spinners, eligible products include: o yarn spun in the United States of a type used for worsted woven wool fabric, o worsted wool fabric woven in the United States, or o wool top spun into worsted yarn in the United States. Not applicable. Applicants must submit a CAWA application. Along with the application, applicants must submit documentation, executed by State law, that designates officers, members, or mangers as authorized signatories for signature authority on the application. If requested by FSA, the applicant must provide supporting documentation to verify the accuracy of information provided on the application, including to substantiate the gross sales or consumption, and documentation that demonstrates the applicant is not a person or entity that is under common control with another manufacturer or producer during any year in which sales or production are relevant to an application. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Project awarded under this assistance listing are non-competitive. Eligible applicants will submit a complete CAWA application to the CAWA@usda.gov email address. All required supporting documentation must be submitted to the same email address no later than 30 days from the date the applicant signs the application. If required documentation is not submitted within 30 days, the application will not be process and will not be acted on by USDA. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible applicants. A payment will be made to eligible applicants once the program signup period has ended. Not applicable. From 15 to 30 days. From 15 to 30 days. From 15 to 30 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. CAWA commodity eligibility and other matters of general applicability that are not in response to, or result from, an individual set of facts in an individual participant's application for payment are not matters that can be appealed. Not applicable. Not applicable. Unrestricted use. Assistance will be used by apparel manufacturers of men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits, sport coats, pants, or Pima cotton dress shirts; Pima cotton spinners; and wool fabric manufacturers and wool spinners that experienced a decrease of at least 15 percent in calendar year 2020 in gross sales or consumption of eligible products described in this document compared to the applicant’s gross sales in calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019. Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements. If requested, applicants must submit documentation to verify the information certified on their application. Applicants must retain documentation in support of the application for 3 years after the date of approval. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The application period will be May 16, 2022 through June 17, 2022 . All required supporting documentation must be submitted to the FSA National Office no later than 30 days from the date the applicant signs their CAWA application. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Kimberly Graham
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250 USA
kimberly.graham@usda.gov
Phone: 2027202600 https://www.farmers.gov 12-0115-0-1-999 (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 22$50,000,000.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; - FSA is implementing the Cotton and Wool Apparel Program (CAWA) to make payments to apparel manufacturers who that have experienced a 15 percent decrease in gross sales of men's and boys' worsted wool suits, sport coats, pants, or Pima cotton dress shirts, which are cut and sewn in the United States at a facility owned by the applicant or a member of its controlled group in the United States; Pima cotton spinners who that have experienced a 15 percent decrease in gross sales of U.S. ring spun Pima cotton yarns measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) or consumption in pounds of Pima cotton for U.S. ring spun Pima cotton yarns measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number); and wool fabric manufacturers and wool spinners who that experienced a 15 percent decrease in gross sales for yarn spun in the United States of a type used for worsted woven wool fabric or worsted wool fabric woven in the United States and/or a 15 percent decrease in consumption by United States operations of wool top spun into worsted yarn and/or wool yarn of a type used for worsted woven wool fabric in the United States, when comparing calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019 to calendar year 2020. Program is announced through Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA), press releases, and news media. Not applicable.