§ 522.81 - Applicability of 522.80 to 522.85.

For purposes of §§ 522.80 to 522.85 the cigar industry consists of the cigar manufacturing branch and the leaf processing branch of the cigar industry, which are defined as follows:

(a)(1) The cigar manufacturing branch of the cigar industry means the manufacture of cigars from any types of tobacco.

(2) The term cigar covers all types of cigars, including cheroots, stogies, and little cigars.

(3) The manufacture of cigars from noncigar types of leaf tobacco and the scrap tobacco therefrom includes the preliminary processing of such tobacco which is performed in the manufacturing plant as an integral part of the manufacturing operation; and

(b)(1) The leaf processing branch of the cigar industry means the preparation or marketing (including wholesaling) of cigar types of leaf tobacco (as defined by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture) and the scrap tobacco therefrom for use in the manufacture of cigars and other tobacco products.

(2) The term Preparation as used herein includes all operations involved in making cigar leaf tobacco and scrap tobacco therefrom suitable for use in the manufacture of cigars, whether performed by employees of warehousemen, manufacturers, leaf dealers, or others. It includes, but not by way of limitation, the operations of grading, sorting, packing, sweating, fermenting, stemming, and conditioning. It does not include, however, such preliminary processing of cigar types of tobacco or scrap tobacco therefrom as is performed in a manufacturing plant as an integral part of the manufacturing operations attending the production of tobacco products other than cigars, nor does it include operations performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations.