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AMS to Hold Vote on Paper and Packaging Importer Assessments

The Agricultural Marketing Service will hold a referendum Oct. 12-23 on whether to keep in place a promotion order on paper and paper-based packaging, it said in a notice released Sept. 2. Under the promotion order, importers of 100,000 short…

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tons or more of paper and paper-based packaging per year must currently pay an assessment of 35 cents per short ton (.0386 cent per kilogram), to fund research and promotion activities.