050054 Tobacco Buyers Survey

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Project 172 QID 050054				OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires 7/31/2010
	TOBACCO BUYERS SURVEY February 2008						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Pennsylvania Field Office 2301 N. Cameron Street Room G-19 Harrisburg, PA 17110-9405 Phone: 1-800-498-1518 Fax: 1-800-498-1548 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.			Dear Tobacco Buyer: The final estimated value of the 2007 tobacco crop will be published in May. We are asking for your assistance in supplying information on the volume purchased and average price paid. Please give this inquiry your prompt attention. Comments on quality, yield and price will be greatly appreciated. Enclosed is a copy for your records and a return postage paid envelope. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your cooperation is appreciated. Your report will be kept confidential. Thank you

2007 TOBACCO CROP

Report all tobacco purchased directly from Pennsylvania growers and

any purchases by your firm at the Pennsylvania auctions.

	QUANTITY PURCHASED Pounds	TOTAL PAID Dollars	OR		AVERAGE PRICE PAID Cents per Pound
1. PENNSYLVANIA SEEDLEAF (all grades)
a. Purchased direct from producers. . . . . . .		$
b. Purchased at auction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		$
2. MARYLAND (609) (all grades)
a. Purchased direct from producers. . . . . . .		$
b. Purchased at auction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		$
3. BURLEY (TYPE 31) (all grades)
a. Purchased direct from producers. . . . . . .		$
b. Purchased at auction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		$

4. Would you like to receive a copy of the results of this survey in the mail? The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov.
Yes [Enter code 1.] No [Enter code 3.]			CODE
			099

5. COMMENTS:

Reported by:_________________________________________	Phone: _____________________________________	Date: _____________
Address:_____________________________________________	County: _________________________________________________________ (where tobacco is grown)

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
							R. Unit
							921	Optional Use
								407		408
S/E Name

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 control number for this information collection is 0535-0003. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 10 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.