[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38355-38356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18463]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 1240

[AMS-FV-96-701.C]


Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order--
Amendment of the Rules and Regulations to Add HTS Code for Flavored 
Honey; Correction

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule which 
was published Tuesday, June 11, 1996 [61 FR 29461]. The final rule 
added a Harmonized Tariff Schedule code number for imported flavored 
honey to provide authority for the U.S. Customs Service to collect an 
assessment on all imported flavored honey.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard B. Schultz, Research and 
Promotion Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 
96456, Room 2535-S, Washington, D.C. 29909-6456; telephone (202) 720-
9915.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order 
(Order) provides that each producer and importer shall pay to the Honey 
Board (Board) a one cent per pound assessment rate on honey and honey 
products produced in or imported into the United States. Section 1240.5 
of the Order defines honey products as products wherein honey is a 
principal ingredient.
    In order for the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to collect the 
assessments on imported honey and honey products, each product must be 
identified by a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code number. Since the 
Boards inception, honey has been assessed by Customs under HTS code 
number 0409.00.00. However, there were no HTS codes for honey products.
    The Board identified flavored honey as a product containing 
approximately 99 percent honey and estimated that 500,000 pounds of 
flavored honey are imported into the United States annually without the 
importer paying the required assessment. At the recommendation of the 
Board, the Department of Agriculture (Department) requested the 
Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules (Committee) of 
the International Trade Commission to establish an HTS code for 
flavored honey. The Committee notified the Department on February 13, 
1996, that a code had been established for flavored honey. On June 11, 
1996, the Department published a final rule at 61 FR 29461 that added 
the new HTS code for flavored honey to the rules and regulations under 
the Order to provide authority for Customs to collect the assessment on 
all imported, flavored honey. However, the HTS code number published 
was incorrect, and Customs will be unable to collect assessments on 
imported, flavored honey until the correct number is published.

Need for Correction

    In the final rule, the HTS code for flavored honey was incorrectly 
listed as 21006.90.9988 rather than as 2106.90.9988.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, in the June 11, 1996, publication, FR Doc. 96-14758, 
page 29462, first column, 7 CFR Part 1240, Sec. 1240.115, paragraph (e) 
is corrected by removing the figure ``21006.90.9988'' and adding in its 
place ``2106.90.9988''.

    Dated: July 15, 1996.
Robert C. Keeney,
Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 96-18463 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
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