ABC 25-1 (981) CA Almonds--Rept. of Shipments & Commitments

OMB No. 0581-0178

ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA

1150 9th Street, Suite 1500 REPORT OF SHIPMENTS AND COMMITMENTS

Modesto, CA 95354

Tel: (209) 549-8262 Fax: (209) 550-5494

ABC-25-1 is to be submitted in compliance with section 981.474 of Marketing Order No. 981, regulating the handling of almonds grown in California.

Shipments	Current Period Total (Kernel Weight)		Prior Period Year to Date (Kernel Weight)		Year to Date Total (Kernel Weight)
Shelled		+		=
Manufactured		+		=
Products		+		=
Inshell (kernel weight)		+		=
Subtotal		+		=
Inter-handler transfers received	( )	+	( )	=	( )
Industry purchases	( )	+	( )	=	( )
Subtotal		+		=
Net Shipments		+		=
Exempt/Inedible		+		=

ALMONDS SOLD BUT NOT DELIVERED, CURRENT 20___/20___ CROP YEAR

Domestic (include commitments to ship to trade sources or other handlers)
Non-contract
Export
Subtotal
Deduct contracts to purchase from trade sources, including undelivered inter-handler transfers (indicate domestic or export)
Domestic		( )
Export		( )
Subtotal		( )
TOTAL COMMITMENTS

I hereby certify to the Almond Board of California (ABC) and to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture the information indicated above is supported by our invoices and records and is correct as of the close of business on the date indicated above.

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Handler Date

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Signature

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INSTRUCTIONS

CURRENT PERIOD COLUMN

1. Report total shipments: domestic, export, reserve, or to another handler.

1. “Shelled” means natural shelled almonds.

2. “Manufactured” means almonds that have been blanched, roasted, mechanically cut, or any combination thereof.

3. “Products” means almonds that have been used in products such as shelled mixed nuts, almond butter, or any other product in which the almond has been ground together with sugar or otherwise disposed of as a whole or cut form of almond.

4. “Inshell” means kernel weight shipments including the quantity used in inshell mixed nuts.

2. Add and subtotal the current period shipments.

3. Report the kernel weight of all almonds received from any source other than a grower under industry purchases and inter-handler transfers (receiving handler only). Report inter-handler transfers regardless of whether the obligation goes with the transfer.

4. Add and subtotal the current period inter-handler transfers and industry purchases.

5. Net shipments is the amount calculated by subtracting the adjustments subtotal from the shipments subtotal.

6. Report the kernel weight of exempt or inedible shipments for the current period.

PRIOR PERIOD YEAR-TO-DATE COLUMN

1. The numbers provided in this column are a compilation of the information you provided on previous ABC 25-1 forms.

2. Please verify the information provided in this column.

3. If you do not agree with this information, contact your ABC field representative to resolve the discrepancy.

TOTAL YEAR-TO-DATE COLUMN

1. Add the columns across the page as indicated. You will also need to add this column down for a cross-check.

COMMITMENTS

1. Report, as a separate item, the quantity of almonds sold, but not delivered, segregated into domestic, export, non-contract, and contracts to purchase from trade sources (including another handler). Non-contract means tonnage you have protected or reserved to maintain distribution in consumer packs (jars, tins, cellos), gift packs, mail order, and any other channel for which firm contracts are not normally negotiated.

2. Deduct contracts to purchase from trade sources, including undelivered inter-handler transfers, and indicate whether domestic or export.

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