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12 March 2020  
(20-1939) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) [1617]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Grapefruit 
and oranges; Oranges (HS 080510); Grapefruit (HS 080540); Quality (ICS 03.120), Fruits. 
Vegetables (ICS 67.080)  
5. Title, number o f pages and language(s) of the notified document:  U.S. Standards 
for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona), 
and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges (Texas and States Other Than Florida, 
California, and Arizona ) (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 
proposes to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other 
than Florida, California, and Arizona) and the U.S. Standa rds for Grades of Oranges (Texas 
and States other than Florida, California, and Arizona). The revision would convert the 
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) tables from showing the acceptable number of allowable 
defective fruit in each grade to showing the perc entage of defects permitted in each grade; 
revise the minimum sample size to 25 fruit; update size classifications; remove references 
to Temple oranges from the orange standards for grade; and more closely align 
terminology in both grade standards with Flo rida and California citrus standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
•  85 Federal Register (FR) 13833, 10 March 2020; Title 7 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 51: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-03-
10/html/2020 -04368.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-03-10/pdf/2020 -04368.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1590  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  11 May 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/cr nattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_1893_00_e.pdf  
 