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What's New — May 2010
 
WORLD TRADE MONTH - May 2010

 

 

 

 

 


Learn about the National Export Initiative
— U.S./China Working On Trade Issues Including Soybean Standards (USDA Radio News; 05/26/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Vilsack Says Exports Well Ahead of Expectations (USDA Radio News; 05/20/10 - wma, real, mp3)

— Independent Study Concludes USDA Market Development Programs Added Billions to U.S. Exports in 2009 (05/19/10)
— USDA Accepting Applications for Fiscal Year 2011 Export Assistance (05/17/10)
— USDA Celebrates World Trade Week, Highlights Successes of Market Development Programs for U.S. Agricultural Exports (05/17/10)
 — Trade Shows Exposing U.S. Food Products to Buyers in Asia (USDA Radio News; 05/17/10 - wma, real, mp3)
 — Helping U.S. Exporters Build Long Term Relationships with Buyers (USDA Radio News; 05/17/10 - wma, real, mp3)

 WTO Dispute Settlement:  United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton (05/17/10)

FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports
 — Cotton:  World Stocks Tighten as Consumption Outpaces Increased Production (.pdf; 05/11/10)
— World Cotton Production Jumps 11 Percent (.pdf; 05/11/10)
— Gap Shrinks between Global Soybean Production and Consumption (.pdf; 05/11/10)
— Grain:  Gap Between Global Production And Consumption Narrows (.pdf; 05/11/10)
 — SYRIA: Record Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11 (05/11/10)
— IRAQ: Near-Normal Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11 (05/11/10)
— IRAN: Above-Average Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11 (05/11/10)
— AFGHANISTAN: Above-Average Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11 (05/11/10)
— U.S. and Afghan Partnership in Agriculture Discussed (USDA Radio News; 05/13/10 - wma, real, mp3) 



USDA Official Visits Kenya to Tour World Food Program Sites and Observe Their Impact on Food Security
Deputy Under Secretary Darci Vetter to Visit School Feeding Sites in Nairobi and Meet with Farmers in Rural Areas (05/10/10)

 

 — Pooling Government Trade Resources (USDA Radio News; 05/06/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Positive News for American Trade (USDA Radio News; 05/06/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Farm Exports Outperforming Expectations (USDA Radio News; 05/05/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— U.S./Russian Poultry Negotiations Continuing (USDA Radio News; 05/05/10 - wma, real, mp3)
 USTR Announces FY 2010 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Additional Raw Cane Sugar (05/05/10)
USDA's May 11, 2010, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report to Incorporate Some Changes (05/04/10)

 

Price Volatility in Afghanistan's Wheat Market (05/03/10)


 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will accept the following petitions for review under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program:

— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for U.S. Catfish (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Fresh and Frozen Shrimp from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Cranberries from New Jersey (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Apples from Michigan (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Crawfish from Louisiana (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Blue Crabs from Georgia (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Caribbean Spiny Lobsters from Florida (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Cut Lilies from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Prunes / Dried Plums from California (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for Asparagus from California, Michigan and Washington (04/29/10)
— USDA’S Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to Review a Petition for U.S. Lobsters (04/29/10)

Featured Reports
 05/21/10  Ukraine:  2010/11 Crop Production Forecasts and Trip Report
05/11/10  AFGHANISTAN: Above-Average Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11
05/11/10  IRAN: Above-Average Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11
05/11/10  IRAQ: Near-Normal Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11
05/11/10  SYRIA: Record Wheat Production Outlook in 2010/11
05/11/10  Grain:  Gap Between Global Production And Consumption Narrows (.pdf)
05/11/10  Gap Shrinks between Global Soybean Production and Consumption (.pdf)
05/11/10  World Cotton Production Jumps 11 Percent (.pdf)
05/11/10  Cotton:  World Stocks Tighten as Consumption Outpaces Increased Production (.pdf)
05/10/10  Nigerian Wheat Imports Reflect Public-Private Investment Benefits (.pdf)
05/05/10  Former Cochran Fellow Opened Supermarket Chain Stores in Shanghai, Beijing Featuring U.S. Products (.pdf)
05/04/10  Specialty Food Company Finds Continued Success in International Trade Shows (.pdf)
05/03/10  Sub-Saharan Africa:  A Quietly Emerging Market for U.S. Agricultural Exports (.pdf)




World Production, Market and Trade Reports
05/21/10  Sugar: World Markets and Trade (.pdf)
05/21/10  Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
05/12/10  Dairy Monthly Import Circular
05/11/10  Grains: World Markets and Trade
05/11/10  Oilseeds:  World Markets and Trade
05/11/10  World Agricultural Production
05/11/10  Cotton: World Markets and Trade

 2010 Release Dates

Export Regulations
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Federal Register Notices
05/24/10  Accepting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Petitions
05/11/10  Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program
05/11/10  Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program
05/11/10  Inviting Applications for the Quality Samples Program
05/11/10  Inviting Applications for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program
05/11/10  Inviting Applications for the Market Access Program
 05/07/10  WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger Levels
 05/04/10  Sugar Re-Export Program, the Sugar-Containing Products Re-Export Program, and the Polyhydric Alcohol Program - Proposed Rule Withdrawal
05/04/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - California Prune Producers Notice of Public Meeting
05/04/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Michigan Apple Producers Notice of Public Meeting
 05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Georgia blue crab Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Maine Lobster Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Crawfish Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Catfish Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Asparagus Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Lilly Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - New Jersey Cranberry Producers
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance- Southern Shrimp Alliance
05/03/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance by the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen's Association on behalf of Florida fishermen who catch and market rock "spiny'' lobsters
05/03/10  Meetings of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade
04/27/10  USDA Reassigns Domestic Cane Sugar Allotments and Increases the Fiscal Year 2010 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota 
03/11/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Accepting Petitions
03/11/10  Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products - Notice of Public Meeting
 03/01/10  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers - Interim rule
 02/08/10  Extension of a currently approved information collection - entry of raw cane sugar under the tariff- rate quota (TRQ) into the United States
 
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