Form CMC-JUN Handler Withholding Report

OMB No. 0581-New
Cranberry Marketing Committee
219A Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Phone: (508) 291-1510; Fax: (508) 291-1511
Website: www.usacranberries.com

Filing Deadline: June 1, 2018

HANDLER WITHHOLDING REPORT
This report must be completed by all handlers processing cranberries in any crop year in which a handler withholding is
established under §929.54 of the Marketing Order. The purpose of the report is to allow the Cranberry Marketing Committee
(CMC) to ascertain that for such crop year, the total quantity of cranberries acquired by the handler, withheld from handling,
and the disposition of such withheld cranberries during such crop year. All definitions used in this form shall have the same
meaning as those in §§929.1-929.17 of the Marketing Order.
Handler Name: _________________________________________ Contact Name: __________________________________
Business Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone No.: ____________________________ Email Address: ______________________________________________

Withhold Cranberry Details
A. Marketable
Cranberries Acquired
from Production Area
in Crop Year:

B. Exempt
Barrels

C. Withholding
Percentage

D. Inter-Handler
Transfers*

E. Total Withholding
Obligation

______________ (bbl.)

-

x

+/- __________ (bbl.)

= _____________ (bbl.)

125,000 bbl.

15%

* Known as of filing date

Using the information in Boxes A, B, C and D above, state the product of [(A - B) x C] +/- D = E. The product in Box E
represents the cranberries that must be withheld/restricted from handling in accord with the Marketing Order.
Anticipated Compliance Details (as of date submitted)
Cranberries
Withheld via
Disposal

Cranberries
Diverted to NonCompetitive/NonCommercial
Outlets

Form(s) of
Withheld
Cranberries

Disposed at Receiving

+

Disposed after Receiving

__________________ (bbl.)

Foreign
Countries*

+

Total Disposed (bbl)

___________________ (bbl.)

Charitable
Organizations

__________ (bbl.)

=

__________ (bbl.)

+

Non-human
Food Use

+

__________ (bbl.)

_____________ (bbl.)

R&D

=

Total Diverted

__________ (bbl.)

_________ (bbl.)

*Processed not permitted

Whole
Fruit

+

Other Than Whole Fruit (e.g.,
Concentrate, Processed)*

=

Total Withholding
Obligation (bbl.)*

____________ (bbl.)

_________________ (bbl.)

_____________ (bbl.)

*Processed not permitted

*May not exceed 50% of total

*See Box E above

See Handler Certification and Instructions on Next Page
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HANDLER CERTIFICATION
I, _____________________hereby certify to the CMC and the Secretary of Agriculture that this is a true and correct record
of information regarding the undersigned Handler for the current crop year, and that the undersigned handler has a good
faith intent to withhold cranberries in accord with the Marketing Order as described herein. I further certify that I have the
authority to make such representation on behalf of the undersigned handler.
Name: ___________________________________________

Title: __________________________________________

Signature: ________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________

HANDLER WITHHOLDING REPORT INSTRUCTIONS
1.

“Total Disposed Cranberries” + “Total Diverted Cranberries” must equal “Total Withholding Obligation”

2.

Handlers must update their “Total Withholding Obligation” in the Final Withholding Report to reflect any InterHandler Transfers between the date the Handler Withholding Plan form is submitted and June 1, 2018.

All information provided must be supported by valid documentation, including, but not limited to, the following forms that
handlers must file with the Committee during the crop year: Grower Acquisition Listings, Whole Fruit Disposal Certification,
Processed Fruit Disposal Certification, Inter-Handler Transfer of Withheld Fruit, Notice/Application for Diversion to NonCompetitive/Non-Commercial Outlets, and the Handler Appeal form.

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