# Tobacco; Importer Assessments
> **Commodity Credit Corporation** · Interim rule with request for comments: · Published 1995-04-20 · Effective 1995-04-20 · 60 FR 19665
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-9454
- **Category:** trade
- **Sub-agency:** Commodity Credit Corporation
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 19665
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1464
- **Publication date:** 1995-04-20
- **Effective date:** 1995-04-20
## Abstract

This rule provides, with respect to tobacco, authority to implement changes for the budget deficit marketing assessment (BDMA), sometimes referred to as a ``nonrefundable marketing assessment,'' which is provided for in 7 CFR 1464.11 and 7 CFR 1464.102. The rule is needed because of the enactment of Section 422 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (P.L. No. 103-465). That section provides for modifications to the BDMA in the event that the President should issue a proclamation establishing a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) pursuant to Article 28 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). As yet, no such quota has been issued. However, this rule will allow for rapid implementation of the Section 422 modifications if a TRQ is issued. The modifications provided for in Section 422 are, with respect to imported tobacco, a restriction of the BDMA to certain tobaccos and a change in the BDMA rate. For covered domestic tobaccos, Section 422 would extend the term of coverage through the 1998 crops; otherwise, Section 422 would not change the application of the BDMA to domestic tobacco.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/04/20/95-9454/tobacco-importer-assessments)
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