Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Increased Assessment Rate for Fresh Pears

Document 2025-17773 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on September 15, 2025, with an effective date of October 15, 2025. This final rule implements a recommendation from the Fresh Pear Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.468 to $0.516 per 44-pound standard box or equivalent for fresh "summer/fall" pears and fresh "winter" pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/15/2025-17773/pears-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-increased-assessment-rate-for-fresh-pears.

No. Document 2025-17773 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.