When can importers use a non-producer status form?
If cattle transfer ownership in a foreign country, such as Canada, meaning 1) payment is tendered and 2) risk of loss transfers, then the person bringing the cattle into the U.S. may present a Certification of Non-Producer Status form when reselling the cattle in the U.S. in lieu of having the $1 checkoff collected from them. Note that in these circumstances, a non-producer certificate may only be used when reselling cattle in the U.S. within 10 days of their purchase in another country. For example, if a packer is buying cattle in Canada and bringing them to the U.S. to be processed, they have ten days within which to import and process the cattle. If they hold them longer than ten days, then they become a “producer” and another checkoff assessment is due.
