U.S. Agricultural Exports Expected To Reach Record Levels
Agriculture Secretary
Mike Johanns today
announced a record
$79 billion
forecast in FY 2007 agricultural exports. For
fiscal year 2008, USDA forecasts exports to
reach $83.5
billion with growth and new sales across all
major agricultural product groups.
The forecasts eclipse the old record of $68.6
billion set last year.
(08/31/07)
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U.S. Farm Export Forecast Up Again
(USDA Radio News; 08/31/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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FAS Analysis
Johanns To Promote CAFTA-DR In Travels To El
Salvador, Guatemala And Honduras
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today
announced that he will travel to El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras Sept. 4-7, 2007, to
highlight early successes of the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States Free
Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). (08/31/07)
Pending Free
Trade Agreements Important To U.S. Ag And Food
Trade
(USDA Radio News; 08/30/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Interagency Working Group on Import Safety to
Hold Public Meeting
The Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
is announcing a public meeting to explore
actions that public and private stakeholders can
take to promote the safety of products imported
into the United States. The public meeting
will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday,
Oct. 1, 2007, in the Jefferson Auditorium,
South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, D.C.
20250. (08/30/07)
Johanns On Trade Promotion Authority
(USDA Radio News; 08/29/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
South Korea
Resumes U.S. Beef Inspections
(USDA Radio News; 08/24/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
U.S.
Delegation In Ag Trade Talks With China
(USDA Radio News; 08/24/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Pork
Trade Talk Part of US-Chinese Ag Working Group
(USDA Radio News; 08/27/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S.
Beef Trade With China Key Point of Talks This
Week
(USDA Radio News; 08/27/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S.-Chinese
Talks Not Just Focused On Beef And Pork
(USDA Radio News; 08/28/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
China Currency Appreciation Could Boost U.S.
Agricultural Exports (Economic Research
Service; 08/22/07)
Johanns Renews Hopes For Expanded Japanese Beef
Trade
(USDA Radio News; 08/21/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Korea
May Decide On U.S. Beef Imports This Week
(USDA Radio News; 08/21/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S.
Officials Asks South Korea To Resume Beef
Exports
(USDA Radio News; 08/17/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Chinese Restrictions
On U.S. Pork Plants Continue
(USDA Radio News; 08/21/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Hard
To Assess China’s Pork Demand Situation
(USDA Radio News; 08/20/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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China
Suspends Imports From Eight U.S. Hog Plants
(USDA Radio News; 08/16/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (08/14/07)
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Ag
Export Value Higher Than Expected
(USDA Radio News; 08/15/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
USDA Announces Fiscal Year 2008 Sugar Program (08/10/07)
United States to Request Arbitration Challenging Canada’s
Implementation of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (08/07/07)
USDA Announces Quality Samples Program Allocations for Fiscal Year 2007
FAS announced funding
allocations totaling more than $1.3 million to
nine organizations to help expand export sales
under the fiscal year 2007 Quality Samples
Program (QSP). (08/03/07)
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More about the Quality Samples Program
Covering All the Bases In East Africa
(USDA Radio News; 08/03/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
U.S. – China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Will Meet in Beijing
in December (08/01/07)
USDA Radio News Updates on Agricultural Trade:
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Johanns Vows To Work
with Korea On Beef Problems (08/02/07 -
real,
mp3)
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Johanns Reacts To Japanese Ag
Minister Resignation
(08/01/07 -
real,
mp3)
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South Korea Finds Another U.S. Beef
Shipment Problem (08/01/07 -
real,
mp3)
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Johanns Favors Food Aid Flexibility
(08/01/07 -
real,
mp3)
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U.S. And Brazil Jockey For Position
In WTO Battles (08/01/07 -
real,
mp3)
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Trade Update With Guatemala (08/01/07 -
real,
mp3)
