[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43222-43226]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-15266]


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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: Proposed 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 proposed rule would 
decrease the current rate of assessment of the market value of live 
porcine animals and decrease the amount of assessment per pound due on 
imported pork and pork products. These reductions in assessment rates 
are made in response to the increase in the average prices of live hogs 
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 would 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. A Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule number for prepared or preserved pork also would be 
updated in the regulation.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by docket number AMS-LP-22-0032 
online at https://www.regulations.gov or mail to Maribel Reyna, 
Agricultural Marketing Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; 
Livestock and Poultry Program, AMS, USDA; Room 2625-S, STOP 0251, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0251. All comments will be 
made available for public inspection, including name and address, if 
provided, via internet at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Reyna; Agricultural Marketing 
Specialist; Research and Promotion Division; Telephone: (202) 302-1139; 
or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

    This rulemaking 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 proposed rule has been reviewed under E.O. 12988, Civil 
Justice Reform. This proposal is not intended to have a retroactive 
effect. The 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 proposed 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 proposed rule on Indian tribes and 
determined that this rule would 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 proposed changes to the assessment rate will be 
shared during the next call, and tribal leaders will be informed about 
the opportunity to submit comments. AMS will work with the USDA, Office 
of Tribal Relations to ensure meaningful consultation is provided as 
needed with regards to the proposed 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 
produce 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

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impact on small producers because total assessments paid are 
proportionate to the value of hogs sold by a producer.
    This proposed rule would decrease the rate of the assessment from 
0.40 percent of the market value of porcine animals to 0.35 percent and 
decrease 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 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 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 share 
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 would reduce 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 proposed 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 proposed 
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 proposed 
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

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required to pass the resolution (7 CFR 1230.36). The assessment rate 
decrease will also apply 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 proposed 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 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 proposed 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 would be no cost to the proposed 
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, it 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 with the National Pork 
Board and its Delegate Body in recommending the reduction in the 
assessment rate.
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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, would see a 12.5 percent reduction in the rate of 
assessment. The remaining 51 percent of pork and processed pork 
products would 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 would fall by $1.2 
million.
    The adjustment in importer assessments also would 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

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people, pigs and the planet as leading fundamentals. Even with the 
proposed rate reduction, AMS has no reason to believe that the Board 
could not 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 deriving from 
reduced domestic assessments and $1.2 million deriving from reduced 
importer assessments) reduction in assessment revenue, the total 
assessment revenue would still fall above the last 10-year average 
assessment revenue.
    AMS assumes that the reduction in promotional spending from the new 
rates would 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 would be small as well. 
The benefits of the rule, however, would be the direct saving to 
producers of $13.5 million in reduced assessment payments. Together, 
AMS assesses that the benefits to this rule change would exceed its 
costs.

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 proposes to amend 7 CFR part 1230 as follows:

PART 1230--PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION

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1. The authority citation for part 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.

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  Live porcine animals      Article description         Assessment
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0103.10.0000............  Purebred breeding       0.35 percent Customs
                           animals.                Entered Value.
0103.91.00..............  Other: Weighing less
                           than 50 kg each.
0103.91.0010............  Weighing less than 7    0.35 percent Customs
                           kg each.                Entered Value.
0103.91.0020............  Weighing 7 kg or more   0.35 percent Customs
                           but less than 23 kg     Entered Value.
                           each.
0103.91.0030............  Weighing 23 kg or more  0.35 percent Customs
                           but less than 50 kg     Entered Value.
                           each.
0103.92.00..............  Weighing 50 kg or more
                           each.
0103.92.0010............  Imported for immediate  0.35 percent Customs
                           slaughter.              Entered 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.

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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:
0203.11.0000...........  Carcasses and half-            .15      .390920
                          carcasses.
0203.12.1010...........  Processed hams and             .15      .390920
                          cuts thereof, with
                          bone in.
0203.12.1020...........  Processed shoulders            .15      .390920
                          and cuts thereof,
                          with bone in.
0203.12.9010...........  Other hams and cuts            .15      .390920
                          thereof, with bone
                          in.
0203.12.9020...........  Other shoulders and            .15      .390920
                          cuts thereof, with
                          bone in.
0203.19.2010...........  Processed spare ribs.          .18      .457058
0203.19.2090...........  Processed other......          .18      .457058
0203.19.4010...........  Bellies..............          .15      .390920
0203.19.4090...........  Other................          .15      .390920
0203.21.0000...........  Frozen carcasses and           .15      .390920
                          half-carcasses.
0203.22.1000...........  Frozen-processed               .15      .390920
                          hams, shoulders, and
                          cuts thereof, with
                          bone in.
0203.22.9000...........  Frozen-other hams,             .15      .390920
                          shoulders, and cuts
                          thereof, with bone
                          in.
0203.29.2000...........  Frozen processed               .18      .457058
                          other.
0203.29.4000...........  Frozen other: Other..          .15      .390920
0206...................  Edible offal of        ...........  ...........
                          bovine animals,
                          swine, sheep, goats,
                          horses, asses, mules
                          or hinnies, fresh,
                          chilled, or frozen:
0206.30.0000...........  Of swine, fresh or             .15      .390920
                          chilled.
0206.41.0000...........  Of swine, frozen:              .15      .390920
                          Livers.
0206.49.0000...........  Of swine, frozen:              .15      .390920
                          Other:
0210...................  Meat and edible meat   ...........  ...........
                          offal, salted, in
                          brine, dried or
                          smoked; edible
                          flours and meals of
                          meat or meat offal:
0210.11.0010...........  Meat of swine: Hams            .15      .390920
                          and cuts thereof,
                          with bone in.
0210.11.0020...........  Meat of swine:                 .15      .390920
                          Shoulders and cuts
                          thereof, with bone
                          in.
0210.12.0020...........  Meat of swine:                 .15      .390920
                          Bellies (streaky)
                          and cuts thereof,
                          Bacon.
0210.12.0040...........  Meat of swine:                 .15      .390920
                          Bellies (streaky)
                          and cuts thereof,
                          Other.
0210.19.0010...........  Meat of swine:                 .18      .457058
                          Canadian style bacon.
0210.19.0090...........  Meat of Swine: Other.          .18      .457058
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..........          .23      .567288
1601.00.2090...........  Pork other...........          .23      .567288
1602...................  Other prepared or      ...........  ...........
                          preserved meat, meat
                          offal or blood:
1602.41.2020...........  Of swine: Boned and            .25      .611380
                          cooked and packed in
                          airtight containers
                          holding less than 1
                          kg.
1602.41.2040...........  Of swine: Shoulders            .25      .611380
                          and cuts thereof:
                          Other boned and
                          cooked and packed in
                          airtight containers.
1602.41.9000...........  Of swine: Other......          .15      .390920
1602.42.2020...........  Of swine: Shoulders            .25      .611380
                          and cuts thereof:
                          Boned and cooked and
                          packed in airtight
                          containers holding
                          less than 1 kg.
1602.42.2040...........  Of swine: Shoulders            .25      .611380
                          and cuts thereof:
                          Other boned and
                          cooked and packed in
                          airtight containers.
1602.42.4000...........  Of swine: Other                .15      .390920
                          shoulders and cuts
                          thereof.
1602.49.2000...........  Of swine: Other,               .23      .567288
                          including mixtures:
                          Not containing
                          cereals or
                          vegetables: Boned
                          and cooked and
                          packed in air-tight
                          containers.
1602.49.4000...........  Of swine: Other,               .18      .457058
                          including mixtures:
                          Not containing
                          cereals or
                          vegetables: Other.
1602.49.9000...........  Of swine: Other,               .18      .457058
                          including 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.
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