[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR993.41]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 993_DRIED PRUNES PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 993.41  Marketing policy.

    (a) On or before the first Tuesday of each July, the committee shall 
prepare and submit to the Secretary a report setting forth its 
recommended marketing policy for the ensuing crop year. If it becomes 
advisable to modify such policy, because of changed demand, supply, or 
other conditions, the committee shall formulate a new policy and shall 
submit a report thereon to the Secretary. Notice of the committee's 
marketing policy, and of any modifications thereof, shall be given 
promptly by reasonable publicity to producers, dehydrators, and 
handlers.
    (b) In formulating its marketing policy for the ensuing crop year, 
the committee shall consider and shall include in its report to the 
Secretary, the following estimates (natural condition basis) and 
recommendations:
    (1) The carryover of salable prunes as of August 1;

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    (2) The carryover of reserve prunes as of August 1;
    (3) The grade and size composition of the salable and reserve 
carryovers;
    (4) The quantity of prunes to be produced without regard to possible 
diversions of prune plums by producers;
    (5) The probable quality and prune sizes in the crop;
    (6) The domestic trade demand by uses of prunes;
    (7) The foreign trade demand by countries or groups of countries;
    (8) The desirable carryout of salable prunes at the end of the 
ensuing crop year;
    (9) The quantity of undersized prunes in the crop, itemized as to 
French prunes and non-French prunes;
    (10) The quantity of prunes to be withheld as reserve prunes so as 
to protect against errors of estimation and permit orderly marketing of 
the supply;
    (11) The recommended salable and reserve percentages;
    (12) The quantity of prune plums, dried weight basis, deemed 
desirable to be diverted pursuant to Sec. 993.62;
    (13) Any recommended change in regulations pursuant to Sec. Sec. 
933.49 to 993.53, inclusive;
    (14) The probable assessable tonnage for the purposes of Sec. 
993.81; and
    (15) The current prices for prunes, the trend and level of consumer 
income, whether producer prices are likely to exceed parity, and such 
other factors as may have a bearing on the marketing of prunes or the 
administration of this part.

[30 FR 9798, Aug. 6, 1965, as amended at 37 FR 862, Jan. 20, 1972]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 40757, July 9, 2003, Sec. 993.41 was 
amended by suspending paragraphs (b)(2), (10), (11) and (12), the words 
``and reserve'' in paragraph (b)(3), and the words ``without regard to 
possible diversions of prune plums by producers'' in paragraph (b)(4), 
effective Aug. 1, 2003, through July 31, 2008.

                         Prohibition on Handling