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Contact: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916 WASHINGTON, July 2, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2019 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw cane and refined sugars. USDA is establishing the FY 2019 TRQ for...

Contact: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916 WASHINGTON, June 30, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2018 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw cane and refined sugars. USDA is establishing the FY 2018 TRQ for...

Posted by Phil Karsting, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service In mid-August, I traveled to Southeast Asia and witnessed firsthand the great strides being made to help increase food security and trade. I also came to appreciate the immense...

Contact: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916 WASHINGTON, May 5, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase to the fiscal year 2016 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for specialty sugar and the establishment of the fiscal year...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, June 30, 2015 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced the appointment of 129 private-sector members...

Two years ago this month, the United States and the European Union (EU) implemented an organic equivalence arrangement, meaning products that are certified as organic in the U.S. can also be sold as organic in the EU, and vice versa. This arrangement...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 December 20, 2013 -- Yesterday, Agriculture U nder Secretary Michael Scuse joined Tim Hamilton, executive d irector of Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast, as well as Dave Ramirez of...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and...