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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 501. Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to
collect and publish statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in
all forms in the United States and Puerto Rico, owned by or in the
possession of dealers, manufacturers, quasi-manufacturers, growers'
cooperative associations, warehousemen, brokers, holders, or
owners, other than the original growers of tobacco. The statistics
shall show the quantity of tobacco in such detail as to types,
groups of grades, and such other subdivisions as to quality, color,
and/or grade for particular types, as the Secretary of Agriculture
shall deem to be practical and necessary for the purposes of this
chapter, shall be summarized as of January 1, April 1, July 1, and
October 1 of each year, and an annual report on tobacco statistics
shall be issued: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall
not be required to collect statistics of leaf tobacco from any
manufacturer of tobacco who, in the first three quarters of the
preceding calendar year, according to the returns of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the record of the Treasurer of
Puerto Rico, manufactured less than thirty-five thousand pounds of
tobacco, or from any manufacturer of cigars who, during the first
three quarters of the preceding calendar year, manufactured less
than one hundred and eighty-five thousand cigars, or from any
manufacturer of cigarettes who, during the first three quarters of
the preceding year, manufactured less than seven hundred and fifty
thousand cigarettes: And provided further, That the Secretary of
Agriculture may omit the collection of statistics from any dealer,
manufacturer, growers' cooperative association, warehouseman,
broker, holder, or owner who does not own and/or have in stock, in
the aggregate, fifty thousand pounds or more of leaf tobacco on the
date as of which the reports are made. For the purposes of this
chapter, any tobacco which has deteriorated on account of age or
other causes to the extent that it is not merchantable or is
unsuitable for use in manufacturing tobacco products shall be
classified with other nondescript tobacco and reported in the "N"
group of the type to which it belongs.
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