7 CFR § 981.21 - Trade demand.

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title: "7 CFR § 981.21 - Trade demand."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "981.21"
section_name: "Trade demand."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "981"
part_name: "ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 981.21 Trade demand.

*Trade demand* means the quantity of almonds (kernel weight basis) which commercial distributors and users such as the wholesale, chain store, confectionery, bakery, ice cream, and nut salting trades will acquire from all handlers during a crop year for distribution worldwide.

[61 FR 32920, June 26, 1996, as amended at 88 FR 82235, Nov. 24, 2023]