CMC-AUG Handler Final Withholding Report

OMB Control #: 0581-0189

CMC Form: AUG

Filing Deadline: August 31, 20__

FINAL 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 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:	___________________________________________________________________________________________
Address:	___________________________________________________________________________________________
Contact Name: ___________________________ Phone: ____________________ Email: ______________________________
A. Marketable Cranberries Acquired from Production Area in Crop Year: _________________ (bbl.)			B. Exempt Barrels - bbl.		C. Withholding Percentage x %		D. Inter-Handler Transfers* +/- _____________ (bbl.) *Known as of filing date.		E. Total Withholding Obligation = _________________ (bbl.)
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.
Crop Year Compliance Details
Cranberries Withheld via Disposal:		Disposed at Receiving: + _________________(bbl.)					Disposed after Receiving: ________________(bbl.)			= Total Disposed: _______________(bbl.)
Cranberries Diverted to Non-Competitive/Non-Commercial Outlets		Foreign Countries* ________(bbl.) *Processed fruit not permitted.		+ Charitable Institutions ________(bbl.)			+ Non-human Food Use _______(bbl.)	+ R&D ______(bbl.)		= Total Diverted: _______________(bbl.)
Form(s) of Withheld Cranberries		Whole Fruit _______________(bbl.)				+ Other Than Whole Fruit (e.g., Concentrate, Processed)* _______________(bbl.) *May not exceed 50% of total.				= Total Withholding Obligation (bbl.)* _____________(bbl.) *See Box E Above.

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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 cranberries acquired by 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 FINAL 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 Inter-Handler Transfers between the date the Handler Withholding Plan form is submitted and August 31, 2018.
   
   
   

3. 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 Non-Competitive/Non-Commercial Outlets, and the Handler Appeal form.

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