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7 CFR 1207.510: Levy of assessments.

(a) Domestic assessments. (1) An assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on all potatoes produced within the 50 states of the United States.
(2) No assessment shall be levied on potatoes grown in the 50 States of the United States by producers of less than 5 acres of potatoes.
(b) Assessments on imports. (1) An Assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on all tablestock potatoes imported into the United States for ultimate consumption by humans and all seed potatoes imported into the United States. An assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on the fresh weight equivalents of imported frozen or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans. The importer of imported tablestock potatoes, potato products, or seed potatoes shall pay the assessment to the Board through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the time of entry or withdrawal for consumption of such potatoes and potato products into the United States.
(2) The following conversion factors shall be used to determine the fresh weight equivalents of frozen and processed potato products:
Frozen potato products .50
Canned potatoes .636
Potato chips and shoestring potatoes .245
Dehydrated potato products .14
Potato starch .1111
(3) The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) categories and assessment rates on imported tablestock potatoes and frozen or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans and on imported seed potatoes are listed in the following table. In the event that any HTS number subject to assessment is changed and such change is merely a replacement of a previous number and has no impact on the description of the potatoes, assessments will continue to be collected based on the new numbers.
Tablestock potatoes, frozen or processed potatoes, and seed potatoes Assessment
Cents/cwt Cents/kg
0701.10.0020 3.0 0.066
0701.10.0040 3.0 0.066
0701.90.1000 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5015 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5025 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5035 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5045 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5055 3.0 0.066
0701.90.5065 3.0 0.066
0710.10.0000 6.0 0.132
2004.10.4000 6.0 0.132
2004.10.8020 6.0 0.132
2004.10.8040 6.0 0.132
2005.20.0070 4.716 0.104
0712.90.3000 21.429 0.472
1105.10.0000 21.429 0.472
1105.20.0000 21.429 0.472
2005.20.0040 21.429 0.472
2005.20.0020 12.240 0.27
1108.13.0010 27.0 0.595
(4) No assessments shall be levied on otherwise assessable potatoes which are contained in imported products wherein potatoes are not a principal ingredient.
(c) Potatoes and potato products used for nonhuman food purposes, other than seed, are exempt from assessment but are subject to the disposition of exempted potatoes provisions of § 1207.515 of this subpart.
(d) No more than one such assessment shall be made on any potatoes or potato products.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 7—Agriculture
Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
CHAPTER XI—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
PART 1207—POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PLAN
Subpart—Rules and Regulations

(a) Domestic assessments. (1) An assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on all potatoes produced within the 50 states of the United States.

(2) No assessment shall be levied on potatoes grown in the 50 States of the United States by producers of less than 5 acres of potatoes.

(b) Assessments on imports. (1) An Assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on all tablestock potatoes imported into the United States for ultimate consumption by humans and all seed potatoes imported into the United States. An assessment rate of 3 cents per hundredweight shall be levied on the fresh weight equivalents of imported frozen or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans. The importer of imported tablestock potatoes, potato products, or seed potatoes shall pay the assessment to the Board through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the time of entry or withdrawal for consumption of such potatoes and potato products into the United States.

(2) The following conversion factors shall be used to determine the fresh weight equivalents of frozen and processed potato products:

Frozen potato products .50

Canned potatoes .636

Potato chips and shoestring potatoes .245

Dehydrated potato products .14

Potato starch .1111

(3) The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) categories and assessment rates on imported tablestock potatoes and frozen or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans and on imported seed potatoes are listed in the following table. In the event that any HTS number subject to assessment is changed and such change is merely a replacement of a previous number and has no impact on the description of the potatoes, assessments will continue to be collected based on the new numbers.

Tablestock potatoes, frozen or processed potatoes, and seed potatoes Assessment

Cents/cwt Cents/kg

0701.10.0020 3.0 0.066

0701.10.0040 3.0 0.066

0701.90.1000 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5015 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5025 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5035 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5045 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5055 3.0 0.066

0701.90.5065 3.0 0.066

0710.10.0000 6.0 0.132

2004.10.4000 6.0 0.132

2004.10.8020 6.0 0.132

2004.10.8040 6.0 0.132

2005.20.0070 4.716 0.104

0712.90.3000 21.429 0.472

1105.10.0000 21.429 0.472

1105.20.0000 21.429 0.472

2005.20.0040 21.429 0.472

2005.20.0020 12.240 0.27

1108.13.0010 27.0 0.595

(4) No assessments shall be levied on otherwise assessable potatoes which are contained in imported products wherein potatoes are not a principal ingredient.

(c) Potatoes and potato products used for nonhuman food purposes, other than seed, are exempt from assessment but are subject to the disposition of exempted potatoes provisions of § 1207.515 of this subpart.

(d) No more than one such assessment shall be made on any potatoes or potato products.

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