AMS Seeks to Revise Importer Definition for Paper-Based Fee Program

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing multiple clarifying amendments to the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order, a program that collects fees from importers to promote paper-based packaging. Among the proposed amendments is revising the definition of importer, which would be changed to "further clarify that importers are persons who import paper and paper-based packaging from outside the United States, that is subsequently released from custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) and introduced into the stream of commerce into the United States," AMS said.