Form QID 110083 QID 110083 Mink Price Survey - 2013

Project Code 197 QID 110083		OMB No. 0535-0212: Approval Expires 10/31/2012
	MINK PRICE SURVEY			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

May 24, 2013

Your assistance is requested to help us arrive at a national price for mink pelts. As you recall, Directors of the Fur Commission USA requested that the National Agricultural Statistics Service publish a national value for mink pelts each year. Please report sales and prices only for US farm raised mink.

The information you provide in the table below will be held confidential and will be combined with data from other buyers to compute a national average marketing price. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Response is voluntary.

	Number of Pelts Sold (produced from prior year listed)		Market Price of Pelts Sold (produced from prior year listed)
Color Class	2012	2013	2012	2013
Black
Demi/Wild
Pastel
Sapphire
Blue Iris
Mahogany
Pearl
Lavender
Violet
White
Other
Total

Please return the completed table by fax to (866) 570-8830 by June 17, 2013. If you have any questions or comments please contact LaKeya Jones at (202) 720-0585. We look forward to receiving your data.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0212. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.