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 107 STAT. 322 PUBLIC LAW 103-66 —AUG. 10, 1993 "(iii) each importer of Flue-cured or Burley tobacco shall pay to the appropriate association, for deposit in the Fund of the association, an assessment, in an amount that is equal to the product obtained by multiplying— "(I) the number of pounds of tobacco that is imported by the importer; by "(II) the siun of the amount of per pound producer contributions and purchaser assessments that are payable by domestic producers and purchasers of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco under clauses (i) and (ii); and"; (C) in subsection (d)(2)— (i) by inserting "or importer^ after "or purchaser"; (ii) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (B); (iii) by inserting "and" at the end of subparagraph (C); and (iv) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(D) if the tobacco involved is imported by an importer, from the importer."; and (D) in subsection (h)(l)— (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: "(B) Each importer who fails to pay to the association an assessment as required by subsection (d)(2) at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary, shall be Uable, in addition to any amount due, for a marketing penalty at a rate equal to 75 percent of the average market price (calculated to the nearest whole cent) for the respective kind of tobacco for the immediately preceding year on the quantity of tobacco as to which the failiu'e occurs.". (3) IMPORTER ASSESSMENTS TO NO NET COST TOBACCO ACCOUNT.—Section 106B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445-2) is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(l), by striking "producers and purchasers" and inserting "producers, purchasers, and importers"; (B) in subsection (d)(l)— (i) by designating the first and second sentences as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) The Secretary shall also require (in lieu of any requirement under section 106A(a)(l)) that each importer of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco shall pay to the Corporation, for deposit in the Account of the association, an assessment, as determined under paragraph (2) and collected under paragraph (3), with respect to purchases of all such kinds of tobacco imported by the importer."; (C) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) Ilie amount of the assessment to be paid by importers shall be an amount that is equal to the product obtained by multiplying—

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