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2016–17 fiscal period include $3,000 for
the contracted management fee to the
Washington State Fruit Commission,
$1,200 for Committee travel, $2,000 for
the annual audit, $500 for computer and
technical services, and $250 for office
supplies. Budgeted expenses for these
items in the 2015–2016 fiscal period
were $3,000 for the management fee,
$1,200 for Committee travel, $2,500 for
the annual audit, and $500 for office
supplies.
The Committee discussed alternatives
to this action, including recommending
alternative expenditure levels and
assessment rates. Although lower
assessment rates were considered, none
were selected because they would not
have generated sufficient income to
administer the order.
A review of historical data and
preliminary information pertaining to
the upcoming 2016–17 fiscal period
season indicates that the grower price
for Washington apricots could range
between $1,050 and $1,300 per ton.
Therefore, the assessment revenue for
the 2016–17 fiscal period, as a
percentage of total grower revenue,
could range between 0.133 and 0.108
percent.
This action would increase the
assessment obligation imposed on
handlers. While assessments impose
some additional costs on handlers, the
costs are minimal and uniform on all
handlers. However, these costs would
be offset by the benefits derived by the
operation of the order.
In addition, the Committee’s meeting
was widely publicized throughout the
Washington apricot industry and all
interested persons were invited to
attend the meeting and participate in
Committee deliberations on all issues.
Like all Committee meetings, the May
11, 2016, meeting was a public meeting
and all entities, both large and small,
were able to express views on this issue.
Finally, interested persons are invited to
submit comments on this proposed rule,
including the regulatory and
informational impacts of this action on
small businesses.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the order’s information
collection requirements have been
previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and
assigned OMB No. 0581–0189. No
changes in those requirements as a
result of this action are necessary.
Should any changes become necessary,
they would be submitted to OMB for
approval.
This proposed rule would not impose
any additional reporting or
recordkeeping requirements on either
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small or large Washington apricot
handlers. As with all Federal marketing
order programs, reports and forms are
periodically reviewed to reduce
information requirements and
duplication by industry and public
sector agencies.
AMS is committed to complying with
the E-Government Act, to promote the
use of the internet and other
information technologies to provide
increased opportunities for citizen
access to Government information and
services, and for other purposes.
USDA has not identified any relevant
Federal rules that duplicate, overlap or
conflict with this action.
A small business guide on complying
with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop
marketing agreements and orders may
be viewed at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/
rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses.
Any questions about the compliance
guide should be sent to Antoinette
Carter at the previously-mentioned
address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
A 30-day comment period is provided
to allow interested persons to respond
to this proposed rule. Thirty days is
deemed appropriate because: (1) The
2016–17 fiscal period began on April 1,
2016, and the marketing order requires
that the rate of assessment for each
fiscal period apply to all assessable
Washington apricots handled during
such fiscal period; (2) the Committee
needs to have sufficient funds to pay its
expenses, which are incurred on a
continuous basis; (3) handlers are
already shipping Washington apricots
from the 2016 crop; and (4) handlers are
aware of this action, which was
unanimously recommended by the
Committee at a public meeting and is
similar to other assessment rate actions
issued in past years.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 922
Apricots, Marketing agreements,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, 7 CFR part 922 is proposed to
be amended as follows:
PART 922—APRICOTS GROWN IN
DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN
WASHINGTON
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
part 922 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.
2. Section 922.235 is revised to read
as follows:
■
§ 922.235
Assessment rate.
On or after April 1, 2016, an
assessment rate of $1.40 per ton is
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established for Washington apricots
handled in the production area.
Dated: August 18, 2016.
Elanor Starmer,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–20096 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1260
[No. AMS–LPS–15–0084]
Amendment to the Beef Promotion and
Research Rules and Regulations
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This proposed rule would
amend the Beef Promotion and Research
Order (Order) established under the
Beef Promotion and Research Act of
1985 (Act) to add six Harmonized Tariff
System (HTS) codes for imported veal
and veal products and update
assessment levels for imported veal and
veal products based on revised
determinations of live animal
equivalencies.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received by
October 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted
online at www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be posted
without change, including any personal
information provided. All comments
should reference the docket number
AMS–LPS–15–0084; the date of
submission; and the page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. Comments
may also be sent to Mike Dinkel,
Agricultural Marketing Specialist,
Research and Promotion Division,
Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program,
AMS, USDA, Room 2610–S, STOP 0249,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0249; or via fax
(202) 720–1125. Comments will be
made available for public inspection at
the above address during regular
business hours or via the Internet at
www.regulations.gov. Comments must
be received by October 24, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing
Specialist, Research and Promotion
Division, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed
Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2610–S,
STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0249; fax
(202) 720–1125; telephone (301) 352–
DATES:
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7497; or email Michael.Dinkel@
ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
has determined that this action will not
have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has waived the review process
required by Executive Order 12866 for
this action.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with OMB regulations
[5 CFR part 1320] that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. Chapter 35], the information
collection and recordkeeping
requirements contained in the Order
and accompanying Rules and
Regulations have previously been
approved by OMB under OMB control
number 0581–0093.
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Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule is not intended
to have a retroactive effect.
Section 11 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2910)
provides that nothing in the Act may be
construed to preempt or supersede any
other program relating to beef
promotion organized and operated
under the laws of the United States or
any State. There are no administrative
proceedings that must be exhausted
prior to any judicial challenge to the
provisions of this rule.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the requirements set forth
in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Administrator
of the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) has considered the economic
effect of this action on small entities and
has determined that this proposed rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
business entities. The effect of the Order
upon small entities was discussed in the
July 18, 1986, Federal Register [51 FR
26132]. The purpose of RFA is to fit
regulatory actions to the scale of
businesses subject to such actions in
order that small businesses will not be
unduly burdened.
Based on conversations with
importing companies, there are
approximately 270 importers who
import beef and beef products and veal
and veal products into the U.S. and
about 198 importers who import live
cattle into the U.S. The majority of these
operations subject to the Order are
considered small businesses under the
criteria established by the Small
Business Administration (SBA) [13 CFR
121.201]. SBA defines small agricultural
service firms as those having annual
receipts of $7.5 million or less.
The proposed rule will impose no
significant burden on the industry. It
will merely add six HTS codes for
imported veal and veal products and
update assessment levels for imported
veal and veal products based on revised
determinations of live animal
equivalencies. The addition of HTS
codes reflects an increase of imported
veal and veal product into the U.S.
Accordingly, the Administrator of AMS
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Background
The Act authorized the establishment
of a national beef promotion and
research program. The final Order was
published in the Federal Register on
July 18, 1986 (51 FR 21632), and the
collection of assessments began on
October 1, 1986. The program is
administered by the Cattlemen’s Beef
Promotion and Research Board (Board),
appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture (Secretary) from industry
nominations, and composed of 100
cattle producers and importers. The
program is funded by a $1-per-head
assessment on producers selling cattle
in the U.S. as well as an equivalent
assessment on importers of cattle, beef,
and beef products.
Importers pay assessments on
imported cattle, beef, and beef products.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
collects and remits the assessment to the
Board. The term ‘‘importer’’ is defined
as ‘‘any person who imports cattle, beef,
or beef products from outside the
United States.’’ Imported beef or beef
products is defined as ‘‘products which
are imported into the United States
which the Secretary determines contain
a substantial amount of beef including
those products, which have been
assigned one or more of the following
numbers in the Tariff Schedule of the
United States.’’
On March 16, 2016, AMS published a
proposed rule in the Federal Register
(81 FR 14022) amending § 1260.172 of
the Order to add six HTS codes for
imported veal and veal products. On
May 6, 2016, AMS announced in a
Notice to the Trade that it was
withdrawing the proposed rule because
an error was discovered in the imported
veal carcass weight. AMS also
announced at that time that it intended
to publish another proposed rule with
the correct carcass weight and to
include the formula and an explanation
of how the calculations for the new
assessment rates are calculated. On June
30, 2016, AMS published the
withdrawal Notice in the Federal
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Register (81 FR 42576). This proposed
rule replaces the March 16, 2016,
version. In § 1260.172 of the Order, the
table would be revised to include the
new codes and assessment rates for
imported veal and veal products.
The Act requires that assessments on
imported beef and beef products and
veal and veal products be determined by
converting such imports into live
animal equivalents to ascertain the
corresponding number of head of cattle.
Carcass weight is the principle factor in
calculating live animal equivalents.
Prior to publishing the March 16,
2016, proposed rule, USDA received
information from the Board regarding
imported veal assessments. The Board
requested expanding the number of HTS
codes for imported veal and veal
products in order to capture product
that is not currently being assessed and
to update the live animal equivalency
rate on imported veal to reflect the same
assessment as domestic veal and veal
products. The Board also suggested that
AMS update the dressed veal weight to
better reflect current dressed veal
weights. The Board recommended using
an average dressed veal weight from
2010 to the most current data. The
Board stated that establishing an average
over this period of time takes into
account short-term highs and lows due
to the cattle cycle, weather effects, and
feed prices. This average would be 154
pounds.
In order to convert carcasses and cuts
back to a live animal equivalency,
conversion factors are used. The
conversion factor takes into account
what is lost (feet, head, tail, hide,
internal organs, and bone for boneless
product) as the veal is processed into
carcasses, bone-in cuts, and boneless
cuts.
For bone-in carcasses and cuts, a oneto-one ratio is used to convert product
weight to a live animal equivalent. For
these items, a conversion factor of 1.00
is used.
For boneless veal cuts, the conversion
factor ‘‘adds back’’ the weight of the
bones removed from the product. For
boneless veal cuts, a conversion factor
of 1.32 is used.
To determine the conversion factor of
boneless veal cuts to carcass weight
equivalents, AMS used the latest
boneless veal factor for pounds (0.685)
from Table 7 of the Economic Research
Service Agricultural Handbook Number
697, Weights, Measures, and Conversion
Factors for Agricultural Commodities
and Their Products (June 1992),
subtracted this factor from ‘‘1,’’ and
added ‘‘1’’ to the result, as follows:
(1¥0.685) + 1 = 1.315 (rounded to 1.32)
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The assessment per kilograms is
determined by dividing the conversion
factor by the carcass weight and
multiplying it by the pounds-tokilograms factor of 2.2046.
Calculations:
• Carcass and Bone-in Cuts
• Boneless Cuts
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260
Administrative practice and
procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Imports, Marketing agreement,
Meat and meat products, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, AMS proposes to amend 7
CFR part 1260 as follows:
PART 1260—BEEF PROMOTION AND
RESEARCH
These rates appear as assessment rates
in the HTS code tables in § 1260.172.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901–2911 and 7
U.S.C. 7401.
2. Amend § 1260.172 by revising
paragraph (b) (2) to read as follows:
■
§ 1260.172
Assessments.
*
*
*
*
*
(b) * * *
(2) The assessment rates for imported
cattle, beef, beef products, veal, and veal
products are as follows:
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
part 1260 continues to read as follows:
■
IMPORTED BEEF AND BEEF PRODUCTS
[Veal]
HTS No.
0201.10.0510
0201.10.1010
0201.10.5010
0202.10.0510
0202.10.1010
0202.10.5010
Assessment
rate per kg
Item description
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................
Misc. Veal ..................................................................................................................
Misc. Veal ..................................................................................................................
Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................
Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................
Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................
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IMPORTED BEEF AND BEEF PRODUCTS
[Veal]
*
*
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
...........................................
*
*
Fresh or chilled bone in veal cuts .............................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................
Fresh or chilled boneless veal cuts ...........................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................
Frozen boneless veal cuts ........................................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................................................
*
Dated: August 18, 2016
Elanor Starmer,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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AGENCY:
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specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1260
[No. AMS-LPS-15-0084]
Amendment to the Beef Promotion and Research Rules and
Regulations
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the Beef Promotion and Research
Order (Order) established under the Beef Promotion and Research Act of
1985 (Act) to add six Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for imported
veal and veal products and update assessment levels for imported veal
and veal products based on revised determinations of live animal
equivalencies.
DATES: Comments must be received by October 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted online at www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be posted without change, including any personal
information provided. All comments should reference the docket number
AMS-LPS-15-0084; the date of submission; and the page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. Comments may also be sent to Mike
Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Research and Promotion
Division, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2610-S,
STOP 0249, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0249; or
via fax (202) 720-1125. Comments will be made available for public
inspection at the above address during regular business hours or via
the Internet at www.regulations.gov. Comments must be received by
October 24, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing
Specialist, Research and Promotion Division, Livestock, Poultry, and
Seed Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2610-S, STOP 0249, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0249; fax (202) 720-1125; telephone
(301) 352-
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7497; or email Michael.Dinkel@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has waived the review
process required by Executive Order 12866 for this action.
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. This rule is not intended to have a retroactive
effect.
Section 11 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2910) provides that nothing in the
Act may be construed to preempt or supersede any other program relating
to beef promotion organized and operated under the laws of the United
States or any State. There are no administrative proceedings that must
be exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this
rule.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Administrator of the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has considered the economic effect
of this action on small entities and has determined that this proposed
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small business entities. The effect of the Order upon small
entities was discussed in the July 18, 1986, Federal Register [51 FR
26132]. The purpose of RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of
businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will
not be unduly burdened.
Based on conversations with importing companies, there are
approximately 270 importers who import beef and beef products and veal
and veal products into the U.S. and about 198 importers who import live
cattle into the U.S. The majority of these operations subject to the
Order are considered small businesses under the criteria established by
the Small Business Administration (SBA) [13 CFR 121.201]. SBA defines
small agricultural service firms as those having annual receipts of
$7.5 million or less.
The proposed rule will impose no significant burden on the
industry. It will merely add six HTS codes for imported veal and veal
products and update assessment levels for imported veal and veal
products based on revised determinations of live animal equivalencies.
The addition of HTS codes reflects an increase of imported veal and
veal product into the U.S. Accordingly, the Administrator of AMS has
determined that this action will not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with OMB regulations [5 CFR part 1320] that implement
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. Chapter 35], the
information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in the
Order and accompanying Rules and Regulations have previously been
approved by OMB under OMB control number 0581-0093.
Background
The Act authorized the establishment of a national beef promotion
and research program. The final Order was published in the Federal
Register on July 18, 1986 (51 FR 21632), and the collection of
assessments began on October 1, 1986. The program is administered by
the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board (Board), appointed by
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) from industry nominations, and
composed of 100 cattle producers and importers. The program is funded
by a $1-per-head assessment on producers selling cattle in the U.S. as
well as an equivalent assessment on importers of cattle, beef, and beef
products.
Importers pay assessments on imported cattle, beef, and beef
products. U.S. Customs and Border Protection collects and remits the
assessment to the Board. The term ``importer'' is defined as ``any
person who imports cattle, beef, or beef products from outside the
United States.'' Imported beef or beef products is defined as
``products which are imported into the United States which the
Secretary determines contain a substantial amount of beef including
those products, which have been assigned one or more of the following
numbers in the Tariff Schedule of the United States.''
On March 16, 2016, AMS published a proposed rule in the Federal
Register (81 FR 14022) amending Sec. 1260.172 of the Order to add six
HTS codes for imported veal and veal products. On May 6, 2016, AMS
announced in a Notice to the Trade that it was withdrawing the proposed
rule because an error was discovered in the imported veal carcass
weight. AMS also announced at that time that it intended to publish
another proposed rule with the correct carcass weight and to include
the formula and an explanation of how the calculations for the new
assessment rates are calculated. On June 30, 2016, AMS published the
withdrawal Notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 42576). This proposed
rule replaces the March 16, 2016, version. In Sec. 1260.172 of the
Order, the table would be revised to include the new codes and
assessment rates for imported veal and veal products.
The Act requires that assessments on imported beef and beef
products and veal and veal products be determined by converting such
imports into live animal equivalents to ascertain the corresponding
number of head of cattle. Carcass weight is the principle factor in
calculating live animal equivalents.
Prior to publishing the March 16, 2016, proposed rule, USDA
received information from the Board regarding imported veal
assessments. The Board requested expanding the number of HTS codes for
imported veal and veal products in order to capture product that is not
currently being assessed and to update the live animal equivalency rate
on imported veal to reflect the same assessment as domestic veal and
veal products. The Board also suggested that AMS update the dressed
veal weight to better reflect current dressed veal weights. The Board
recommended using an average dressed veal weight from 2010 to the most
current data. The Board stated that establishing an average over this
period of time takes into account short-term highs and lows due to the
cattle cycle, weather effects, and feed prices. This average would be
154 pounds.
In order to convert carcasses and cuts back to a live animal
equivalency, conversion factors are used. The conversion factor takes
into account what is lost (feet, head, tail, hide, internal organs, and
bone for boneless product) as the veal is processed into carcasses,
bone-in cuts, and boneless cuts.
For bone-in carcasses and cuts, a one-to-one ratio is used to
convert product weight to a live animal equivalent. For these items, a
conversion factor of 1.00 is used.
For boneless veal cuts, the conversion factor ``adds back'' the
weight of the bones removed from the product. For boneless veal cuts, a
conversion factor of 1.32 is used.
To determine the conversion factor of boneless veal cuts to carcass
weight equivalents, AMS used the latest boneless veal factor for pounds
(0.685) from Table 7 of the Economic Research Service Agricultural
Handbook Number 697, Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for
Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (June 1992), subtracted
this factor from ``1,'' and added ``1'' to the result, as follows:
(1-0.685) + 1 = 1.315 (rounded to 1.32)
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The assessment per kilograms is determined by dividing the
conversion factor by the carcass weight and multiplying it by the
pounds-to-kilograms factor of 2.2046.
Calculations:
Carcass and Bone-in Cuts
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP23AU16.007
Boneless Cuts
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP23AU16.003
These rates appear as assessment rates in the HTS code tables in
Sec. 1260.172.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260
Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Imports, Marketing agreement, Meat and meat products,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, AMS proposes to amend 7 CFR
part 1260 as follows:
PART 1260--BEEF PROMOTION AND RESEARCH
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1260 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901-2911 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.
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2. Amend Sec. 1260.172 by revising paragraph (b) (2) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1260.172 Assessments.
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(b) * * *
(2) The assessment rates for imported cattle, beef, beef products,
veal, and veal products are as follows:
Imported Beef and Beef Products
[Veal]
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Assessment rate
HTS No. Item description per kg
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0201.10.0510.................. Veal carcasses and .01431558
half carcasses.
0201.10.1010.................. Misc. Veal............ .01431558
0201.10.5010.................. Misc. Veal............ .01431558
0202.10.0510.................. Veal carcasses and .01431558
half carcasses.
0202.10.1010.................. Veal carcasses and .01431558
half carcasses.
0202.10.5010.................. Veal carcasses and .01431558
half carcasses.
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Imported Beef and Beef Products
[Veal]
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Assessment rate
HTS No. Item description per kg
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0201.20.5010.................. Fresh or chilled bone .01431558
in veal cuts.
0201.20.5020.................. Other................. .01431558
0201.30.5010.................. Fresh or chilled .01889657
boneless veal cuts.
0201.30.5020.................. Other................. .01889657
0202.30.5010.................. Frozen boneless veal .01889657
cuts.
0202.30.5020.................. Other................. .01889657
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Dated: August 18, 2016
Elanor Starmer,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-20098 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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