This classification applies to the ginning (removing cotton fibers from their seeds) of cotton, including drying, raking, compressing and baling of cotton, when performed for other concerns on a fee basis or when performed in connection with the purchase and sale of cotton.
The cultivation and harvesting of cotton shall be separately classified as 0171, Field Crops.
The contract storage of baled cotton or purchase and sale of cotton, including cotton compressing, when no ginning operations are performed, shall be classified as 0400, Warehouses — cotton.
Cotton batting manufacturing shall be classified as 2222, Spinning, Weaving or Fiber Processing.
| Shown below is the previously published phraseology and footnote | Effective Date |
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Phraseology: COTTON GIN OPERATION — during both active and dormant seasons — including installation or repair of equipment; yard employees; seed or fuel haulers Footnote: This classification applies to the ginning (removing cotton fibers from their seeds) of cotton, including drying, raking, compressing and baling of cotton, when performed for other concerns on a fee basis or when performed in connection with the purchase and sale of cotton. The contract storage of baled cotton or purchase and sale of cotton, including cotton compressing, when no ginning operations are performed, shall be classified as 0400, Warehouses — cotton. Cotton batting manufacturing shall be classified as 2222, Spinning, Weaving or Fiber Processing. The cultivation and harvesting of cotton shall be separately classified as 0044, Cotton Farms. | 9/1/2021 |
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