CSMS Message: 96-000997

Title:COMMODITY W/E 11/10/96
Date:1996-11-15
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FROM : HQ QUOTA

SUBJECT : COMMODITY W/E 11/10/96

DATE : 11/14/96

BOARD: OTO2
POSTED BY: HQ QUOTA
RETENTION: 999

QUOTA WEEKLY STATUS REPORT
COMMODITIES OTHER THAN TEXTILES
(EXCLUDING GUAM, CANADA, MEXICO)

WEEK ENDING 11-10-96

**THE STATUS OF SUGAR RELATED BLENDS UNDER GATT AND NAFTA
(17 AUSN 5, 18 AUSN 1, 19 AUSN 3, 17 AUSN 8, 17 AUSN 7,
17 AUSN 9, 21 AUSN 4, NAFTA 18, NAFTA 19, NAFTA 20) CAN BE
FOUND ON A SEPARATE WEEKLY SUGAR STATUS REPORT.

TARIFF-RATE TEXTILE QUOTAS

CANADA 01/01/96-12/31/96

022200##75 = 9999.00.56 = COTTON/MAN-MADE FIBER YARNS
022218##75 = 9999.00.54 9999.00.55 = COTTON/MAN-MADE FIBER
FABRICS AND MADE-UPS
QUOTA LEVEL: 67,626,000 M2 ENTERED: 23,052,757 34.1%

022218##76 = 9999.00.55 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 36,414,000 M2 ENTERED: 12,152,339 33.4%

022222##76 = 9999.00.54 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 36,414,000 M2 ENTERED: 10,024,970 27.5%

022237##75 = 9999.00.51 = COTTON/MAN-MADE FIBER APPAREL
QUOTA LEVEL: 83,232,000 M2 ENTERED: 27,639,976 33.2%

022237##76 = 9999.00.50 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 61,206,000 M2 ENTERED: 24,434,689 39.9%

QUOTA LEVEL: 5,168,794 M2 ENTERED: 4,817,422 93.2%

044443##75 = 9999.00.52 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 5,016,780 M2 ENTERED: 2,853,178 56.9%

MEXICO 01/01/96 - 12/31/96

022200##55 = 9999.00.64 - COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBERS YARN
QUOTA LEVEL: 1,000,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%

022218##55 = 9999.00.62 = COTTON OR MAN-MADE FABRICS MADE-UPS
QUOTA LEVEL: 24,000,000 M2 ENTERED: 0 0.0%

QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (2)
022218##56 = 9999.00.62 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 6,000,000 M2 ENTERED: 0 0.0%

022222##56 = 9999.00.62 = SUBLEVEL
QUOTA LEVEL: 18,000,000 M2 ENTERED: 0 0.0%

022237##55 = 9999.00.60 = COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBER APPAREL
QUOTA LEVEL: 45,000,000 M2 ENTERED: 3,408,945 7.6%

022237##56 = 9802.00.8055 = GOODS UNDER 9802.00.8055
QUOTA LEVEL: 25,000,000 M2 ENTERED: 4,487,956 18.0%

044431##55 = 9999.00.61 = WOOL APPAREL
QUOTA LEVEL: 1,500,000 M2 ENTERED: 196,707 13.1%

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
(OTHER THAN TEXTILES)
QUOTA PERIOD:01/01/96 - 12/31/96(EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED)

NAFTA NOTE 4 = 9906.04.01 = MILK CREAM
QUOTA LEVEL: 388,000 L ENTERED: 18,465 4.7%

NAFTA NOTE 5 = 9906.04.04 = DRIED MILK CREAM
QUOTA LEVEL: 46,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%

NAFTA NOTE 6 = 9906.04.07 = DRIED MILK CREAM
QUOTA LEVEL: 448,000 KG ENTERED: 102,370 22.8%

NAFTA NOTE 7 = 9906.04.10 = MILK CREAM, CONDENSED EVAPORATED
QUOTA LEVEL: 820,000 KG ENTERED: LOW RATE FILLED

NAFTA NOTE 8 = 9906.04.81 = CHEESE

NAFTA NOTE 13 = 9906.07.42 = CHILI PEPPERS 10/1/96-7/31/97
QUOTA LEVEL: 31,721,000 KG ENTERED: 8,876,200 27.9%

NAFTA NOTE 14 = 9906.07.47 = SQUASH 10/01/96-6/30/97
QUOTA LEVEL: 128,157,000 KG ENTERED: 6.661,634 5.1%

NAFTA NOTE 16 = 9906.12.01 = PEANUTS 1/1/96 - 12/31/96
QUOTA LEVEL: 3,583,000 KG ENTERED: 3,572,572 99.7%

**NAFTA NOTES 18, 19, 20

QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (3)

QUOTA LEVEL:151,416,000 L ENTERED:115,784,219 76.4%

NAFTA NOTE 22 = 9906.20.08 = ORANGE JUICE
QUOTA LEVEL: 15,379,500 L ENTERED: 9,090,941 59.1%

NAFTA NOTE 25 = 9906.52.02/9906.52.05 = RAW COTTON
QUOTA LEVEL: 10,609,000 KG ENTERED: 4,582,880 43.1%

NAFTA = 9906.96.01 = BROOMS
QUOTA LEVEL: 1,200,000 NO ENTERED: LOW RATE FILLED
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFF AND TRADE QUOTAS(OTHER THAN TEXTILES)
QUOTA PERIOD: 01/01/96-12/31/96(EXCEPT WHERE NOTED)

GATT 2 AUSN 3 = 2011.01.00 = BEEF
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: NO LIMIT KG ENTERED:195,306,031
AUSTRALIA QUOTA LEVEL:378,214,000 KG ENTERED:157,186,169 41.5%
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL:213,402,000 KG ENTERED:152,679,287 71.5%
JAPAN QUOTA LEVEL: 200,000 KG ENTERED: 4,769 2.3%
ARGENTINA QUOTA LEVEL: 20,000,000 KG ENTERED: "BANNED"
URUGUAY QUOTA LEVEL: 20,000,000 KG ENTERED: 13,821,705 69.1%
ANY QUOTA LEVEL: 64,805,000 KG ENTERED: 31,067,940 47.9%

GATT 4 AUSN 5 = 4013.00.50 = MILK CREAM
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL: 5,678,117 L ENTERED: 3,608,764 63.5%
ANY QUOTA LEVEL: 243,203 L ENTERED: 3,960 1.6%

GATT 4 AUSN 9 = 4022.17.50 = DRIED MILK DRIED CREAM
ALL COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: 99,500 KG ENTERED: 253 0.2%

GATT 4 AUSN 10 = 4022.91.00 = DAIRY PRODUCTS
AUSTRALIA QUOTA LEVEL:1,016,046 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ANY COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL:1,174,733 KG ENTERED: LOW RATE FILLED

GATT 4 AUSN 11 = 4029.91.00 = MILK CREAM
CONDENSED IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS
AUSTRALIA QUOTA LEVEL: 91,625 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: 994,274 KG ENTERED: 256,485 25.7%
DENMARK QUOTA LEVEL: 605,092 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NETHERLANDS QUOTA LEVEL: 153,314 KG ENTERED: 153,299 99.9%
EVAPORATED IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS = 4029.11.00
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: 31,751 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
DENMARK QUOTA LEVEL: 4,989 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
GERMANY QUOTA LEVEL: 9,979 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NETHERLANDS QUOTA LEVEL: 548,393 KG ENTERED: 35,660 6.5%

WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (4)

ANY CONDENSED
CANADA 4029.93.00
QUOTA LEVEL: 2,267 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ALL COUNTRIES 4029.11.0001
QUOTA LEVEL: 1,215,616 KG ENTERED: 137 0.0%

GATT 4 AUSN 12 = 4039.04.19 =DRIED MILK, DRIED CREAM DRIED WHEY
ALL COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: 71,019 KG ENTERED: 70,146 98.7%

GATT 4 AUSN 18 = 4062.03.11 = CANADIAN CHEDDAR CHEESE
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: 833,417 KG ENTERED: 806,665 96.7%

GATT 12 AUSN 2 = 1202.10.4001 = PEANUTS 04/01/96-03/31/97
ARGENTINA QUOTA LEVEL: 29,853,000 KG ENTERED: 29,852,992 99.9%

**GATT 18 AUSN 1, GATT 19 AUSN 3, GATT 17 AUSN 5, GATT 17 AUSN 7,
GATT 17 AUSN 8, GATT 17 AUSN 9, GATT 21 AUSN 4

GATT 18 AUSN 2 = 1806.20.24/1806.32.04/1806.90.15(OVER 5.5%
BUTTERFAT) = CHOCOLATE
IRELAND QUOTA LEVEL: 4,286,491 KG ENTERED:1,828,800 42.6%
UNITED KINGDOM QUOTA LEVEL: 3,379,297 KG ENTERED:1,192,000 35.2%
NETHERLANDS QUOTA LEVEL: 45,359 KG ENTERED: QUOTA FILLED
AUSTRALIA QUOTA LEVEL: 2,000,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL: 1 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ANY COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: 7,896,552 KG ENTERED: 290,713 3.6%

GATT 18 AUSN 3 = 1806.20.34/1806.20.85/1806.32.14/1806.90.25(NOT
OVER 5.5% BUTTERFAT) = CHOCOLATE LOWFAT CHOCOLATE CRUMB
IRELAND QUOTA LEVEL: 1,700,988 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL: 1 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ANY COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: NONE

GATT 19 AUSN 2 = 1901.10.15 = INFANT FORMULA
ALL COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: 100,000 KG ENTERED: 5,517 5.5%

GATT 20 AUSN 5 = 2008.11.05 = PEANUT BUTTER PASTE
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: 14,500,000 KG ENTERED: 13,142,737 90.6%
ARGENTINA QUOTA LEVEL: 3,650,000 KG ENTERED: 2,696,364 73.8%
COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES IDENTIFIED
IN AUSN 6 TO THIS CHAPTER COMBINED
(AGGREGATE) QUOTA LEVEL: 920,000 KG ENTERED: 4,070 0.4%
ANY COUNTRIES
OR AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 250,000 KG ENTERED: 224,109 89.6%

QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (5)

GATT 21 AUSN 5 = 2105.00.10 = ICE CREAM
BELGIUM QUOTA LEVEL: 922,315 L ENTERED: 0 0.0%
DENMARK QUOTA LEVEL: 13,059 L ENTERED: 0 0.0%
JAMAICA QUOTA LEVEL: 3,596 L ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NETHERLANDS QUOTA LEVEL: 104,477 L ENTERED: 6 0.0%
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL: 589,312 L ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ANY COUNTRIES
OR AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 2,127,828 L ENTERED: 37,595 1.7%

GATT 23 AUSN 2 = 2309.90.24/2309.90.44 = ANIMAL FEED
UNITED KINGDOM QUOTA LEVEL: 83,914 KG ENTERED: 80,000 95.3%
NEW ZEALAND QUOTA LEVEL:1,782,618 KG ENTERED: 939,775 52.7%
AUSTRALIA QUOTA LEVEL: 56,699 KG ENTERED: 51,000 89.9%
ANY COUNTRIES QUOTA LEVEL: 6,146 KG ENTERED: 670 10.9%

GATT 52 AUSN 5 = 5201.00.14 = RAW COTTON 09/20/96-09/19/97
ARGENTINA QUOTA LEVEL: 2,360 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
BRAZIL QUOTA LEVEL: 280,648 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
BRITISH EAST AFRICA QUOTA LEVEL: 1,016 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
BRITISH WEST AFRICA
(EXCEPT NIGERIA,GHANA) QUOTA LEVEL: 7,259 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
BRITISH WEST INDIES
(EXCEPT BARBADOS,BERMUDA,
JAMAICA,TRINIDAD,TOBAGO)QUOTA LEVEL: 9,671 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
CHINA QUOTA LEVEL: 621,780 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
COLOMBIA QUOTA LEVEL: 56 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
EGYPT/SUDAN
(AGGREGATE) QUOTA LEVEL: 355,532 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
HAITI QUOTA LEVEL: 107 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
HONDURAS QUOTA LEVEL: 341 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
INDIA/PAKISTAN
(AGGREGATE) QUOTA LEVEL: 908,764 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
INDONESIA/
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA
(AGGREGATE) QUOTA LEVEL: 32,381 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
IRAQ QUOTA LEVEL: 88 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NIGERIA QUOTA LEVEL: 2,438 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
PARAGUAY QUOTA LEVEL: 395 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
PERU QUOTA LEVEL: 112,469 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN/BELARUS/ESTONIA/GEORGIA/KAZAKHSTAN/KYRGYZSTAN/
LATVIA/LITHUANIA/MOLDOVA/RUSSIA/TAJIKISTAN/TURKMENISTAN/UKRAINE/
UZBEKISTAN(AGGREGATE)

COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL:8,282,400 KG ENTERED: 300 0.0%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)

QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (6)

GATT 52 AUSN 6 = 5201.00.24 = RAW COTTON 08/01/96-07/31/97
COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 1,000,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)
GATT 52 AUSN 7 = 5201.00.34 = RAW COTTON 08/01/96-07/31/97
COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 6,460,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)

COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL:28,420,000 KG ENTERED: 944 0.0%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)

GATT 52 AUSN 9 = 5202.99.10 = RAW COTTON 09/20/96-09/19/97
BELGIUM QUOTA LEVEL: 5,830 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
CANADA QUOTA LEVEL: 108,721 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
CHINA QUOTA LEVEL: 7,857 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
CUBA QUOTA LEVEL: 2,968 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
EGYPT QUOTA LEVEL: 3,689 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
FRANCE QUOTA LEVEL: 34,385 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
GERMANY QUOTA LEVEL: 11,540 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
ITALY QUOTA LEVEL: 3,215 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
INDIA/PAKISTAN
(AGGREGATE) QUOTA LEVEL: 31,582 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
JAPAN QUOTA LEVEL: 154,917 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
NETHERLANDS QUOTA LEVEL: 10,317 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
UNITED KINGDOM QUOTA LEVEL: 653,695 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 1,100,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)

GATT 52 AUSN 10 = 5203.00.10 = RAW COTTON 09/11/96-09/10/97
COUNTRIES/AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 1,300 KG ENTERED: 120 9.2%
(MEMBERS WTO ONLY)

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OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS
QUOTA PERIOD:01/01/96-12/31/96(EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED)

TUNA = 1604.14.2000(LOW):1604.14.3001(HIGH)
ALL COUNTRIES LEVEL:36,300,379 KG ENTERED:QUOTA FILLED
TOTAL HIGH LOW ENTERED: 84,904,155 KG.

ALL COUNTRIES LEVEL:11,356,236 L ENTERED: 1,890,943 16.6%

BROOMS = 9603.10.10 - 9603.10.30(WHISK BROOMS)
LEVEL: 739,860 NO ENTERED: 408,662 55.2%
9603.10.40 - 9603.10.60(OTHER BROOMS)
LEVEL: 1,457,736 NO ENTERED: LOW RATE FILLED

ETHYL ALCOHOL = 9901.00.50
QUOTA LEVEL:91,000,000 GAL ENTERED: 40,817,411 44.8%
QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT

WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (7)

ANCHOVIES = 1604.16.1000
QUOTA LEVEL: 3,000,000 KG ENTERED: 2,221,804 74.0%

QUOTA LEVEL: 40,000,000 KG ENTERED: LOW RATE FILLED

OLIVES = 2005.70.0200
QUOTA LEVEL: 730,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
2005.70.1600
QUOTA LEVEL: 2,700,000 KG ENTERED: 663,939 24.5%
2005.70.9100
QUOTA LEVEL: 550,000 KG ENTERED: 207,435 37.7%
2005.70.0600
QUOTA LEVEL: 4,400,000 KG ENTERED: 1,055,434 23.9%

UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.11 05/13/96-11/08/96
WEEK 11 QUOTA LEVEL: 41,858,494 KG ENTERED: 6,591,417 15.7%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.12 05/20/96-11/15/96
WEEK 12 QUOTA LEVEL: 41/858,494 KG ENTERED: 2,684,373 6.4%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.13 05/27/96-11/22/96
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.14 06/03/96-11/29/96
WEEK 14 QUOTA LEVEL: 41,858,494 KG ENTERED: 225,312 0.5%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.15 06/10/96-12/06/96
WEEK 15 QUOTA LEVEL: 42,728,074 KG ENTERED: 1,919,797 4.4%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.16 06/17/96-12/13/96
WEEK 16 QUOTA LEVEL: 42,728,074 KG ENTERED: 4,459,712 10.4%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.17 06/24/96-12/20/96
WEEK 17 QUOTA LEVEL: 42,728,074 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.18 07/01/96-12/27/96
WEEK 18 QUOTA LEVEL: 42,728,074 KG ENTERED: 3,661,267 8.5%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.19 07/08/96-01/03/97
WEEK 19 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,370,449 KG ENTERED: 2,879,409 6.6%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.20 07/15/96-01/10/97
WEEK 20 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,370,449 KG ENTERED: 1,877,938 4.3%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.01 07/22/96-01/17/97
WEEK 01 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,370,449 KG ENTERED: 1,979,938 4.5%
WEEK 02 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,370,449 KG ENTERED: 134,610 0.3%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.03 08/05/96 - 01/31/97
WEEK 03 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,370,449 KG ENTERED: 952,056 2.1%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.04 08/12/96 - 02/07/97
WEEK 04 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,827,535 KG ENTERED: 6,876,522 15.6%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.53.05 08/19/96 - 02/14/97
WEEK 05 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,827,535 KG ENTERED: 794,007 1.8%

QUOTA WEEKLY COMMODITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING 11-10-96 (8)

WEEK 06 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,827,535 KG ENTERED: 3,610,785 8.2%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.07 09/02/96-02/28/97
WEEK 07 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,827,535 KG ENTERED: 172,284 0.3%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.08 09/09/96-03/07/97
WEEK 08 QUOTA LEVEL: 43,827,535 KG ENTERED: 554,303 1.2%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.09 10/26/96-04/23/97
WEEK 09 QUOTA LEVEL: 44,368,028 KG ENTERED: 296,088 0.6%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.10 11/02/96-04/30/97
WEEK 10 QUOTA LEVEL: 44,368,028 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
UPLAND COTTON = 9903.52.11 11/09/96-05/07/97
WEEK 11 QUOTA LEVEL: 44,368,028 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%

TOBACCO = 24 AUSN 5 = 2401.10.63 QUOTA PERIOD 9/13/96-9/12/97
ARGENTINA QUOTA LEVEL: 12,000,000 KG ENTERED: 3,727,827 31.0%
BRAZIL QUOTA LEVEL: 80,200,000 KG ENTERED:10,079,709 12.5%
CHILE QUOTA LEVEL: 2,750,000 KG ENTERED: 618,193 22.4%
BELGIUM, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, ITALY
LUXENBOURG, THE NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SPAIN,
SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM)
QUOTA LEVEL: 10,000,000 KG ENTERED: 74,061 0.7%
GUATEMALA QUOTA LEVEL: 8,875,000 KG ENTERED: 700,560 7.8%
MALAWI QUOTA LEVEL: 12,000,000 KG ENTERED: 5,142,104 42.8%
PHILIPPINES QUOTA LEVEL:3,000,000 KG ENTERED: 0 0.0%
THAILAND QUOTA LEVEL: 7,000,000 KG ENTERED: 307,200 4.3%
ZIMBABWE QUOTA LEVEL: 12,000,000 KG ENTERED: 1,034,590 8.6%
OTHER COUNTRIES
OR AREAS QUOTA LEVEL: 3,000,000 KG ENTERED: FILLED AT OPENING