Vegetables; Import Regulations; Removal of Banana and Fingerling Types of Potatoes and Exemption of Potatoes for Potato Salad From the Potato Import Regulation

Résumé

This proposed rule would remove banana/fingerling potatoes from the provisions of the potato import regulation (import regulation). Such potatoes cannot now be imported because they are too small or misshapen to meet the minimum requirements under the import regulation. Removing banana/fingerling potatoes from the potato import regulation would allow such potatoes, which do not compete with potatoes currently regulated under Federal marketing orders, to be imported for specialized markets. This proposed rule also would reclassify potatoes used to make fresh potato salad as potatoes for processing. Such potatoes would then be exempt from the grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements of the potato import regulation.