Rule2022-23762
Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order-Decrease in Assessment Rate and Importer Assessments
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November 4, 2022
Effective
January 1, 2023
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Abstract
Pursuant to the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 (Act) and the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order) thereunder, this rulemaking decreases the current rate of assessment of 0.40 percent of the market value of live porcine animals to 0.35 percent and decreases the amount of assessment per pound due on imported pork and pork products (one- to three-hundredths of a cent per pound). These reductions in assessment rates are made in response to the approximately 47 percent increase in 2021 in the average prices of live hogs above its 3-year average from 2018-2020 and reflect the National Pork Producers Delegate Body's (Delegate Body) desire to lessen the assessment burden on producers and make such funds available to pork producers and the industry. The adjustment in importer assessments also brings the equivalent market value of live animals from which imported pork and pork products are derived in line with the market value of domestic porcine animals. This action also updates the Harmonized Tariff Schedule number for prepared or preserved pork in the regulation.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66535-66539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23762]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1230
[Doc. No. AMS-LP-22-0032]
Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order--
Decrease in Assessment Rate and Importer Assessments
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer
Information Act of 1985 (Act) and the Pork Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Order (Order) thereunder, this rulemaking
decreases the current rate of assessment of 0.40 percent of the market
value of live porcine animals to 0.35 percent and decreases the amount
of assessment per pound due on imported pork and pork products (one- to
three-hundredths of a cent per pound). These reductions in assessment
rates are made in response to the approximately 47 percent increase in
2021 in the average prices of live hogs above its 3-year average from
2018-2020 and reflect the National Pork Producers Delegate Body's
(Delegate Body) desire to lessen the assessment burden on producers and
make such funds available to pork producers and the industry. The
adjustment in importer assessments also brings the equivalent market
value of live animals from which imported pork and pork products are
derived in line with the market value of domestic porcine animals. This
action also updates the Harmonized Tariff Schedule number for prepared
or preserved pork in the regulation.
DATES: Effective date: January 1, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Reyna; Agricultural Marketing
Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; Telephone: (202) 302-1139;
or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c588a4b7aca7a0a9eb97a0bcaba485b0b6a1a4eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f3be92819a91969fdda1968a9d92b386809792dd949c85">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
This rule does not meet the definition of significant regulatory
action contained in section 3(f) of Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 and is
not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed under E.O. 12988, Civil Justice
Reform. It is not intended to have a retroactive effect. The Pork
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 (Act) states
that the statute is intended to occupy the field of promotion and
consumer education involving pork and pork products and of obtaining
funds thereof from pork producers and that the regulation of such
activity (other than a regulation or requirement relating to a matter
of public health or the provision of State or local funds for such
activity) that is in addition to or different from the Act may not be
imposed by a State.
The Act provides that administrative proceedings must be exhausted
before parties may file suit in court. Under Sec. 1625 of the Act, a
person subject to an order may file a petition with the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) stating that such order, a provision
of such order or an obligation imposed in connection with such order is
not in accordance with the law; and requesting a modification of the
order or an exemption from the order. Such person is afforded the
opportunity for a hearing on the petition. After the hearing, the USDA
would rule on the petition. The Act provides that the district court of
the United States in the district in which a person resides or does
business has jurisdiction to review the USDA's determination, if a
complaint is filed no later than 20 days after the date such person
receives notice of such determination.
Executive Order 13175
This final rule has also been reviewed under E.O. 13175,
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments. E.O.
13175 requires Federal agencies to consult and coordinate with tribes
on a government-to-government basis on: (1) policies that have tribal
implication, including regulation, legislative comments, or proposed
legislation; and (2) other policy statements or actions that have
substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the
relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
has assessed the impact of this final rule on Indian tribes and
determined that this rule will not have tribal implications that
require consultation under E.O. 13175. AMS participates on
teleconference with tribal leaders where matters of mutual interest
regarding the marketing of agricultural products are discussed.
Information about the changes to the assessment rate will be relayed
through a notice to trade. AMS will work with the USDA, Office of
Tribal Relations to ensure meaningful consultation is provided as
needed with regards to the final rule.
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Paperwork Reduction Act
This action was reviewed under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
United States Code (U.S.C.) 601 et seq.) in the Order initially
published in the September 5, 1986, issue of the Federal Register (51
FR 31898). The AMS Administrator determined at that time that the Order
would not have significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities; therefore, a regulatory impact analysis was not
required. The Census of Agriculture reports that 64,871 U.S. farms
produced hogs and pigs in 2017. Many of those farms are likely to be
classified as small business by having total sales less than the $3.5
million threshold set by the Small Business Administration (SBA)
definition (13 CFR 121.201). AMS does not believe that this rule change
will have a significant or differential economic impact on small
producers because total assessments paid are proportionate to the value
of hogs sold by a producer.
This final rule decreases the rate of the assessment from 0.40
percent of the market value of porcine animals to 0.35 percent and
decreases the amount of assessment per pound due on imported pork and
pork products. While domestic assessments are only made to live porcine
animals, assessments on
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imports are made to both live animal imports and post-slaughter pork
and pork products. This update to the regulations updates assessments
on the imported product based on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
to bring the equivalent market value of live animals from which
imported pork and pork products are derived in line with the market
value of domestic porcine animals.
From 2018 to 2020, total checkoff revenue ranged from $72.3 million
to $77.6 million. In that time, 95.6 percent of all revenue was from
domestic sales and 4.4 percent was derived from assessments on imported
hogs and pork products. Of domestic revenue, 98.6 percent was derived
from market hogs and 1.4 percent was derived from feeder hogs. In 2021,
total checkoff revenue increased approximately 41 percent to $103.6
million, an increase primarily reflecting the 47 percent increase in
live hog prices.\1\ Despite the price increase, both the share of all
revenue derived from imports and the share of domestic revenue derived
from live hogs was mostly unchanged in 2021 relative to previous years.
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\1\ Specifically, the Barrow and Gilt National Base Live
Equivalent Price (51-52% Lean) rose from its 2018-20 average of
$45.7 to $67.29 per cwt.
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The assessment decrease reduces annual funding of the promotion,
research, and consumer information program by an estimated $13.5
million under the assumption that 2021 market conditions persist. This
decrease reflects both a $12.3 million reduction in domestic
assessments stemming from the 12.5 percent decrease in the rate of
assessment for live hogs (i.e., the change from 0.40 to 0.35 percent
assessment for live weight hogs), which totaled $98.4 million in 2021
and a $1.2 million reduction in importer assessments.
In 2021, the gross market value of all swine marketed in the United
States was approximately $27 billion. The assessment decrease reflects
the Delegate Body's desire to lessen the assessment burden on producers
and make such funds available to pork producers and the industry. The
expected benefit of the rule change is savings of $13.5 million in
assessments that would have been paid under the existing rule. The
expected cost of the rule is the potential loss of returns accruing to
the industry from promotion, research, and consumer information
programs paid for by the National Pork Board using assessment funds.
While these programs have been shown to earn positive returns in
academic studies when considering pre-2021 data, the sharp 2021
increase in assessment revenue is likely to create diminishing marginal
returns to advertising. \2\ However, even with the reduction in
assessment rates, total program funds will have still increased
significantly above 2020 levels owing to the ongoing increase in price
levels, assuming the general market conditions of 2021 persist. For
these reasons, the economic impact of the assessments is not expected
to be a significant part of the total market value of swine.
Accordingly, the AMS Administrator determined that this action will not
have a significant economic impact on substantial number of small
entities.
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\2\ Kaiser, Harry M. ``An Economic Analysis of the National Pork
Board Checkoff Program'' Publication of the National Pork Board,
January 2022
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The information collection requirements have been previously
approved by the OMB and have been assigned OMB control number 0581-
0093. Reapproval for the information collection will not be necessary
since the rate assessment does not substantially change the assessment
collection process.
The Act (7 U.S.C. 4801-4819), enacted on December 23, 1985,
authorized the establishment of a national pork promotion, research,
and consumer information program. The final Order at 7 CFR part 1230
establishing a pork promotion, research, and consumer information
program was published in the September 5, 1986, issue of the Federal
Register (51 FR 31898; as corrected, at 51 FR 36383 and amended at 53
FR 1909, 53 FR 30243, 56 FR 4, 56 FR 51635, 60 FR 29962, 61 FR 28002,
62 FR 26205, 63 FR 45935, 64 FR 44643, 66 FR 67071, 67 FR 58320, and 69
FR 9924) and assessments began on November 1, 1986. The program was
funded by an initial assessment rate of 0.25 percent of the market
value of all porcine animals marketed in the United States and on
imported porcine animals with an equivalent assessment on pork and pork
products. However, that rate was increased to 0.35 percent effective
December 1, 1991 (56 FR 51635) and to 0.45 percent effective September
3, 1995 (60 FR 29962). Further, the rate was decreased to 0.40 percent
effective September 30, 2002 (67 FR 58320). The import assessments were
decreased by five-hundredths to seven-hundredths of a cent per pound
effective April 2, 2004, to reflect a decrease in the 2002 average
price for domestic barrows and gilts (69 FR 9924). The total annual
assessment rate collected in 2021 was $103.6 million. Assessments on
imported pork and pork products accounted for about $4.5 million of the
total.
The Order requires that producers pay to the National Pork Board an
assessment of 0.40 percent of the market value of each porcine animal
upon sale (7 CFR 1230.112). However, for purposes of collecting and
remitting assessments, porcine animals are divided into three separate
categories (1) feeder pigs, (2) slaughter hogs, and (3) breeding stock.
Regulations under 7 CFR 1230.71 specifies that purchasers of feeder
pigs, slaughter hogs, and breeding stock shall collect an assessment on
these animals if assessments are due. Section 1230.71(b) of the Order
further provides that for the purpose of collecting and remitting
assessments persons engaged as a commission merchant, auction market,
or livestock market in the business of receiving such porcine animals
for sale on commission for or on behalf of a producer shall be deemed
to be a purchaser.
Section 1230.110(a) requires importers of porcine animals to pay
U.S. Customs Service (USCS), upon importation, the assessment of 0.40
percent of the porcine animal's declared value and importers of pork
and pork products to pay USCS, upon importation, the assessment of 0.40
percent of the market value of the live porcine animals from which such
pork and pork products were produced.
The Act and Order contain provisions for adjusting the rate of
assessment. The Delegate Body has the responsibility to recommend the
rate of assessment to the Department. The 2022 Delegate Body, at its
annual meeting March 9-11, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky, voted to
recommend to the USDA the rate of assessment of 0.40 percent be
decreased to 0.35 percent. In 2022, the Secretary appointed 155 members
to serve on the Delegate Body, including 150 producers and 5 importers.
At the Delegate Body annual meeting, 145 Delegates were present
representing 101,017.5 valid share votes. There were 98,797.6 share
votes cast following floor debate of the resolution for the rate
assessment reduction. There were 93,151.3 share votes cast in favor of
the 0.05 percent decrease in checkoff rate assessment. A simple
majority of share votes is required to pass the resolution (7 CFR
1230.36). The assessment rate decrease also applies to the amount of
assessment on imported pork and pork products pursuant to the 7 CFR
1230.110.
Methodology and Analysis
AMS weighed the costs and benefits of the change in pork assessment
rates, acknowledging the role the Delegate Body plays in the
disposition of funds and its insight into the effect of an
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assessment decrease. The cost of the assessment reduction is the
reduced funds available for research, promotion and consumer
information of pork and pork products and activities that strengthen
and increase demand for lives hogs sold by producers paying the
assessment. Economic research has shown that such research and
promotion programs generally yield positive net returns to producers, a
finding confirmed in the National Pork Board's own commissioned
evaluation of the program based on data through 2020. While this
finding would initially suggest that a reduction in the assessment
would reduce returns to pork producers (and thus fails a cost benefit
analysis test), AMS notes the sharp increase in pork prices in the
intervening period as a mitigating factor to relying solely on that
study.
Between 2018 and 2020, the national barrows and gilt national base
live weight equivalent price for 51-51% lean hogs was $45.69 per cwt on
a slaughter of 131.5 million head. In 2021, the price rose 47% to
$67.29 per cwt while slaughter only fell 2 percent to 129.0 million
head. Together, these changes have caused checkoff revenue to increase
41 percent between 2020 and 2021. While the reduced assessment will
lower expected assessment revenue in future years from 2021, AMS still
expects revenue to be greater than the 2018-2020 average in 2022 and in
future years owing to the expected continuation of elevated prices.
In its assessments of the costs of the final rule, AMS assumed that
demand for hogs and pork products is unchanged in the short run by any
reduction in promotion expenditure that may result from the reduced
assessment. As such, AMS finds there will be no cost to the final rule
change in terms of reduced demand for pork. AMS notes that research and
promotion spending is likely to exhibit diminishing marginal returns,
meaning that the large increase in promotion expenditure from the 2021
increase in assessment revenue is unlikely to generate economic returns
as those returns estimated from data in earlier periods, which started
at a lower level.\3\ AMS also notes that the National Pork Board,
subject to the Secretary's approval, determines specifically how
assessment revenue is spent to promote pork consumption and enhance
demand. Subsequently, the National Pork Board is also likely to know
the point at which the highest return promotional opportunities have
been exhausted and that additional advertising becomes ineffective.
Based on its independent analysis of market trends and the research on
returns to the pork checkoff program, AMS agrees that this reduction in
assessment rate will effectuate the purposes of the Act.
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\3\ In the 2021 publication ``An Economic Analysis of the
National Pork Board Checkoff Program'', Kaiser finds that benefit-
cost ratios (BCR) for expenditure components of pork assessments to
range from 71.58 to 1.37 using data from 1976 to 2020. At the lower
bound of that range, the 1.37 BCR value indicates that a dollar
invested in promotion raises returns to producer by 1.37. That
research also finds that the 90 percent lower bound for the marginal
benefit-cost ratio is less one for the category of demand enhancing
research (indicating negative producer returns) and between 5 and 7
for pork advertising and non-advertising promotion. These estimates,
however, only consider the effects of changing program expenditure
by 1 percent. AMS believes that for some promotional activities
funded by the checkoff the BCR may fall below one if expenditure
increases by 41 percent as it did in 2021.
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AMS notes that total assessment revenue is expected to remain above
the 2020 level despite the assessment rate reduction. On this point,
AMS calculated the total reduction in assessment revenue as the sum of
the reduction in domestic and foreign revenue. Between 2018 and 2020,
about 95.6 percent of assessment revenue was from domestic assessments
on live hogs, most of which are market hogs although all types of hogs
pay the same assessment rate. AMS estimated the reduction in domestic
revenue of $12.3 by multiplying 2021 domestic revenue level of $97.3
million by the 12.5 percent reduction in the rate of assessment (i.e.,
the change in the assessment rate from 0.4 to 0.35 dollars per hundred
weight.)
AMS estimated the reduction in import assessment revenue using
trade data available from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This
data shows that approximately 49 percent of assessment revenue from
imports in 2021 was derived from live hog assessments, which, like
domestic hogs, will see a 12.5 percent reduction in the rate of
assessment. The remaining 51 percent of pork and processed pork
products will see variable decreases in the rate of assessments, all of
which are larger in magnitude than the 12.5 percent in the live hog
rate. AMS calculated the average rate reduction for these pork and
processed products to be 38.6 percent based on each product's average
value share of imports between 2019 and 2021. AMS then calculated a
change in the rate of all import assessments of 25.9 percent,
calculated as the sum of the 49 percent revenue share for live hogs
times the 12.5 assessment reduction plus the 51 percent revenue share
for pork products times the 38.6 percent reduction. Applying the
average rate of assessment to the $4.53 million in assessment revenue
from imports in 2021, AMS found that import revenue will fall by $1.2
million.
The adjustment in importer assessments will bring the equivalent
market value of live animals from which imported pork and pork products
are derived in line with the market value of domestic porcine animals.
Since the original rule was put in place, the wholesale-to-farm price
spread for pork has increased from 38.7 percent in 2002 to 74 percent
between 2019 and 2021, as report by the USDA Economic Research Service.
Other things equal, a widening price spread will cause assessments on
finished wholesale products to increase relative to hogs. This rule
reduces the assessment rate for imported processed products by 38.6
percent on average but only 12.5 percent for live hogs.
This is not the first reduction in assessment rate for this
program. As mentioned above, the program was funded by an initial
assessment rate of 0.25 percent. The rate was increased to 0.35 percent
effective December 1, 1991 (56 FR 51635) and then to 0.45 percent
effective September 3, 1995 (60 FR 29962). Further, the rate was
decreased to 0.40 percent effective September 30, 2002 (67 FR 58320).
The import assessments were decreased by five-hundredths to seven-
hundredths of a cent per pound effective April 2, 2004, to reflect a
decrease in the 2002 average price for domestic barrows and gilts (69
FR 9924).
From 2012 to current, working off a comparable rate decrease, the
Board has continued to build industry initiatives that have long-term
return on investment impact for pork producers. Over the years, the
Board has initiated several major projects that continue to add value
to the industry regardless of budget such as building trust and adding
value through a positive image of US Pork, establishing US Pork as the
global leader in sustainability agriculture, preventing and preparing
for foreign animal diseases, and strengthening state and industry
partnerships to build support that keeps people, pigs and the planet as
leading fundamentals. Even with the rate reduction, AMS has no reason
to believe that the Board cannot effectively continue its goal to
develop and expand markets for pork and pork products by funding
promotion, research, and consumer information initiatives.
Further, over the past 10 years the National Pork Board has
averaged producer checkoff revenue of $80.6 million. Even with an
estimated $13.5 million ($12.3 million of that decrease
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deriving from reduced domestic assessments and $1.2 million deriving
from reduced importer assessments) reduction in assessment revenue, the
total assessment revenue will continue to fall above the last 10-year
average assessment revenue.
AMS assumes that the reduction in promotional spending from the new
rates will have a negligibly small effect on demand, especially given
the still substantial increase in promotion spending above historic
levels. For this reason, the costs of the rule will be small as well.
The benefits of the rule, however, will be the direct saving to
producers of $13.5 million in reduced assessment payments. Together,
AMS assesses that the benefits to this rule change will exceed its
costs.
Comments
The proposed rule describing the decrease in rate of assessment of
market value of live porcine animals and assessment per pound due on
imported pork and pork products was published on July 20, 2022, in the
Federal Register (87 FR 43222). The 30-day public comment period closed
on August 19, 2022. The Department received a total of 3 comments. Two
comments did not support the rate decrease but instead recommended
switching to plant-based farming or diet. The third comment was
submitted by 27 state associations supporting the assessment rate
decrease and encouraging the Final Rule be effective January 1, 2023,
to allow appropriate time to adjust processes for collecting checkoff
funds.
USDA carefully considered the comments and the recommendation of
the Delegate Body and determined that a decrease in the assessment rate
would effectuate the purposes of the Act. This action lessens the
assessment burden on producers and importers. The effective date of
January 1, 2023 gives the Board ample time to communicate this change
and will not burden those that remit pork checkoff assessments. This
final rule adopts the decrease in the assessment rate from 0.40 percent
of market value of porcine animals to 0.35 percent as proposed and
decreases the amount of assessment per pound due on imported pork and
pork products.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1230
Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agriculture
research, Meat and meat products, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Agricultural
Marketing Service amends 7 CFR part 1230 as follows:
PART 1230--PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1230 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4801-4819.
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2. Section 1230.110 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1230.110 Assessments on imported pork and pork products.
(a) The following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) categories of
imported live porcine animals are subject to assessment at the rate
specified.
Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
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Article
Live porcine animals description Assessment
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0103.10.0000.................... Purebred breeding 0.35 percent
animals. Customs Entered
Value.
0103.91.00...................... Other: Weighing
less than 50 kg
each.
0103.91.0010.................... Weighing less than 0.35 percent
7 kg each. Customs Entered
Value.
0103.91.0020.................... Weighing 7 kg or 0.35 percent
more but less Customs Entered
than 23 kg each. Value.
0103.91.0030.................... Weighing 23 kg or 0.35 percent
more but less Customs Entered
than 50 kg each. Value.
0103.92.00...................... Weighing 50 kg or
more each.
0103.92.0010.................... Imported for 0.35 percent
immediate Customs Entered
slaughter. Value.
0103.92.0090.................... Other............. 0.35 percent
Customs Entered
Value.
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(b) The following HTS categories of imported pork and pork products
are subject to assessment at the rates specified.
Table 2 to Paragraph (b)
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Assessment
Pork and pork products Article description -------------------------------
Cents/lb Cents/kg
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0203....................................... Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen: Fresh or chilled:
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0203.11.0000............................... Carcasses and half-carcasses....... 0.15 0.390920
0203.12.1010............................... Processed hams and cuts thereof, 0.15 0.390920
with bone in.
0203.12.1020............................... Processed shoulders and cuts 0.15 0.390920
thereof, with bone in.
0203.12.9010............................... Other hams and cuts thereof, with 0.15 0.390920
bone in.
0203.12.9020............................... Other shoulders and cuts thereof, 0.15 0.390920
with bone in.
0203.19.2010............................... Processed spare ribs............... 0.18 0.457058
0203.19.2090............................... Processed other.................... 0.18 0.457058
0203.19.4010............................... Bellies............................ 0.15 0.390920
0203.19.4090............................... Other.............................. 0.15 0.390920
0203.21.0000............................... Frozen carcasses and half-carcasses 0.15 0.390920
0203.22.1000............................... Frozen-processed hams, shoulders, 0.15 0.390920
and cuts thereof, with bone in.
0203.22.9000............................... Frozen-other hams, shoulders, and 0.15 0.390920
cuts thereof, with bone in.
0203.29.2000............................... Frozen processed other............. 0.18 0.457058
0203.29.4000............................... Frozen other:...................... 0.15 0.390920
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0206....................................... Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses,
mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled, or frozen:
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0206.30.0000............................... Of swine, fresh or chilled......... 0.15 0.390920
0206.41.0000............................... Of swine, frozen: Livers........... 0.15 0.390920
0206.49.0000............................... Of swine, frozen: Other:........... 0.15 0.390920
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0210....................................... Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked;
edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
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0210.11.0010............................... Meat of swine: Hams and cuts 0.15 0.390920
thereof, with bone in.
0210.11.0020............................... Meat of swine: Shoulders and cuts 0.15 0.390920
thereof, with bone in.
0210.12.0020............................... Meat of swine: Bellies (streaky) 0.15 0.390920
and cuts thereof, Bacon.
0210.12.0040............................... Meat of swine: Bellies (streaky) 0.15 0.390920
and cuts thereof, Other.
0210.19.0010............................... Meat of swine: Canadian style bacon 0.18 0.457058
0210.19.0090............................... Meat of Swine: Other............... 0.18 0.457058
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1601....................................... Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food
preparations based on these products:
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1601.00.2010............................... Pork canned........................ 0.23 0.567288
1601.00.2090............................... Pork other......................... 0.23 0.567288
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1602....................................... Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
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1602.41.2020............................... Of swine: Boned and cooked and 0.25 0.611380
packed in airtight containers
holding less than 1 kg.
1602.41.2040............................... Of swine: Other boned and cooked 0.25 0.611380
and packed in airtight containers.
1602.41.9000............................... Of swine: Other.................... 0.15 0.390920
1602.42.2020............................... Of swine: Shoulders and cuts 0.25 0.611380
thereof: Boned and cooked and
packed in airtight containers
holding less than 1 kg.
1602.42.2040............................... Of swine: Shoulders and cuts 0.25 0.611380
thereof: Other boned and cooked
and packed in airtight containers.
1602.42.4000............................... Of swine: Other shoulders and cuts 0.15 0.390920
thereof.
1602.49.2000............................... Of swine: Other, including 0.23 0.567288
mixtures: Not containing cereals
or vegetables: Boned and cooked
and packed in air-tight containers.
1602.49.4000............................... Of swine: Other, including 0.18 0.457058
mixtures: Not containing cereals
or vegetables: Other.
1602.49.9000............................... Of swine: Other, including 0.18 0.457058
mixtures: Other.
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3. Section 1230.112 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1230.112 Rate of assessment.
In accordance with Sec. 1230.71(d), the rate of assessment shall
be 0.35 percent of market value.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-23762 Filed 11-3-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
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