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photo - supermarketChina's Modernizing Supermarket Sector Presents Major Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exporters
The establishment of the supermarket may signal that the last piece of the puzzle is falling into place in the emergence of China as a modern market.

Food Ingredients Hit the Jackpot in Las Vegasphoto - Food Expo in Vegas
At the 2004 IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo , FAS helped international buyers make the vital sale connections with U.S. producers of items ranging from health and wellness ingredients to ethnic flavors and diet foods.

photo - NetherlandsSet Your Sights on the Netherlands' HRI 
An expected increase in consumer spending and the trend toward eating ethnic foods provide opportunities for entry into the Dutch hotel, restaurant and institutional market.

Bilateral Trade Agreement Sets Stage for Trade with Vietnamphoto - Vietnamese statue
Getting in on the ground floor with Vietnam's 80 million consumers could pay big dividends to U.S. consumer-oriented food and beverage suppliers.

Poland's Growing Economy Supports Consumer-Oriented Food Sales 
Foreign hypermarkets and eateries have become popular consumer destinations as Poland's economy strengthens.

Trade Notes

Full Magazine in pdf.

Trade Show and Other Opportunities

IFE London 

Fi Asis China   

Indian Buyers Mission

Canadian Food and Beverage Show

ANTAD

HostEx


Last modified: Thursday, October 14, 2004 PM

 


  November 2004
  Volume XVI, No. 11

  Published by
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Foreign Agricultural Service

  Editor
  Priscilla B. Glynn

  Writers
 
Mary Rekas
  Donald Washington
  Priscilla B. Glynn

  Cover photos by Fred Gale

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