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United States Department of Agriculture |
April 6, 2000 |
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Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services |
MAP 00-005 |
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Foreign Agricultural Services |
SUBJECT: TO: |
Procedures for
Proposing Market Development Activities in Iran, Libya,
Sudan, and Cuba All MAP Participants and FMD Cooperators |
1400
Independence Ave., SW Stop 1042 Washington. DC 20250-1042 |
BACKGROUND: | For several years, FAS has issued program notices listing countries in which market development activities under MAP and FMD were forbidden due to economic sanctions. Recent policy and regulatory changes now allow licensed commercial sales of agricultural commodities and products to Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Cuba. |
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POLICY: | Program participants, if properly licensed by the
U.S. Department of Treasury=s Office of Foreign
Asset Control (OFAC), can conduct market development
activities in Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Cuba. Program
participants are responsible for determining which
licenses are necessary and for acquiring those licenses. When a cooperator/participant applies for an OFAC license to perform a market development activity in a sanctioned country, OFAC reviews the proposed activity against its regulations. If OFAC determines a proposal is legal under its regulations, the proposal is forwarded to the Department of State (State) for general foreign policy review. If an activity is proposed to be reimbursed under one of FAS= foreign market development programs, State must also review whether U.S. government funding of the activity is consistent with U.S. foreign policy. State reviews OFAC referrals on a case-by-case basis, and no blanket approvals of a class of activity will be given. To expedite the review process, FAS will provide proposed MAP/FMD activities which it deems appropriate directly to State so they can begin their review in advance of receiving the OFAC referral. Market development activities in Iraq and North Korea remain forbidden under MAP and FMD. |
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PROCEDURES: |
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KENT
D. SISSON Director Marketing Operations Staff |