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Trade Missions

FAS-sponsored international trade missions open doors and deliver results for U.S. exporters, giving them the opportunity to forge relationships with potential customers, gather market intelligence and, most importantly, generate sales.
While final dates are subject to confirmation, planned USDA trade missions for 2019 are:
 
  • Taiwan (Taipei), April 22-25
  • Colombia (Bogota), June 3-6  (to include buyers from Panama)
  • Canada (Montreal and Toronto), September 3-6
  • Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), October 14-17 (to include buyers from Burma and Thailand)
  • Kenya (Nairobi), October 28-31 (to include buyers from Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda)
  • Mexico (Mexico City), November 5-8
  • United Kingdom (London), TBD

For more information, please contact trademissions@fas.usda.gov

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Emerging Markets Program (EMP)
Provides funding for technical assistance activities to promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities to emerging markets worldwide.

Data & Analysis

India: Rectifiable Labeling for Alcoholic Beverages
February 19, 2019
The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently amended the rectifiable labeling list for imported alcoholic beverages.
India: Timeline Extended on Medical and Therapeutic Specialty Food Imports
December 14, 2018
On November 2, 2018, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a notice to extend the timeline for imports of specialty foods for special medical....
Egypt: Egypt’s 2018-19 Seed Potato Import Requirements
November 7, 2018
Ministerial Decree No. 1202/2018 (September 12, 2018) amends the previous decree in terms of pest tolerance levels, adds and removes certain pests from the quarantine list.
South Korea: Grain and Feed Update
November 5, 2018
In Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19, heavy rains during the planting season caused farmers to opt out of the government program to reduce rice acreage and continue planting rice.

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