RAISIN ASSESSMENT LOWERED.(United States Department of Agriculture)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Food Institute Report, The, December, 2000

RAISIN ASSESSMENT LOWERED: USDA has finalized a rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Raisin Administrative Committee for the 200001 and subsequent crop years from $8.50 to $6.50 per ton of free tonnage raisins acquired by handlers, and reserve tonnage raisins released or sold to handlers for use in any market effective Jan.

18, 2001. The Committee recommended decreasing its assessment rate because the projected 2000-01 assessable tonnage of 330,000 tons is about 23,300 tons higher than last year's actual assessed tonnage. For more information, contact: Maureen T. Pello, Marketing Specialist, California Marketing Field Office, (559)487-5901, Fax: (559)487-5906; or George Kelhart, Technical Advisor, (202)720-2491, Fax: (202)720-5698.--Dec....

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