# Avocados Grown in South Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2012-12-04 · Effective 2012-12-05 · 77 FR 71688
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-29253
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 71688
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 915
- **Publication date:** 2012-12-04
- **Effective date:** 2012-12-05
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-11-0094
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the Avocado Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.37 to $0.25 per 55-pound bushel container of Florida avocados handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order for avocados grown in South Florida. The interim rule decreased the assessment rate to reflect a reduction in expenditures for research and to help reduce industry costs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/04/2012-29253/avocados-grown-in-south-florida-decreased-assessment-rate)
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