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Petitioner had the following sales and volume activity relating
to the Canelos growers for the years in issue:
FYE Sales Boxes
1989 $43,037,000 6,209,000
1990 63,445,000 6,188,000
1991 29,013,000 3,915,000
1992 22,755,000 2,099,000
Petitioner's main selling season ran from November through
mid-May. It worked solely on commission, and, except for produce
sold through Robling & Cathey, L.A., Inc. (RCLA),4 a company
owned by the Canelos brothers, petitioner did not take title to
the produce it distributed.
In addition to the Canelos growers' produce, petitioner
distributed produce for independent Mexican growers (otros
growers) not related to or controlled by the Canelos family. The
otros growers generally were small growers who produced a
different line of produce (e.g., grapes, European cucumbers,
squash, melons) from the main lines of produce handled by the
Canelos group. None of the otros growers shipped tomatoes.
4RCLA Division functioned as a separate division of
petitioner until petitioner sold the division's assets to RCLA
effective June 30, 1990. RCLA was owned by International Farm
Equipment Distributors, Inc., a Liberian corporation owned
equally by Mr. Canelos and Constantino. Produce sold through
RCLA is not in issue in the instant cases.
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