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Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.1207.510 Levy of assessments

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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 as follows:

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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