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What's New — April 2010

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)

USDA Announces Increase in Fiscal Year 2010 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ) (04/23/10)

Phot of students at a Jakarta school enjoying donated U.S. food.

United States, Gates Foundation, Partner Nations Announce Proposed Contributions to Global Food Security Trust Fund
Today, a core group of finance ministers from the United States, Canada, Spain and South Korea, as well as the leadership of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, met at the U.S. Department of the Treasury to announce an initial contribution of $880 million for a new fund to tackle global hunger and poverty and to discuss ways to foster additional contributions from the public and private sectors around the world. (04/22/10)
— U.S. and Bill Gates Team Up to Improve Global Food Security (USDA Radio News; 04/22/10 - wma, real, mp3)

U.S., Brazil Agree on Memorandum of Understanding As Part of Path Forward Toward Resolution of Cotton Dispute (04/21/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees
USDA today amends availability of the following credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2010.

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Republic of Turkey (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Sub-Sahara Africa Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Southeast Balkans Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Southeast Asia Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the South Asia Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the South America Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Middle East and North American Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the United Mexican States (Mexico) (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Eurasia Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the China-Hong Kong Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Central America Region (04/20/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Export Sales to the Caribbean Region (04/20/10)

Notice to GSM-102 Program Participants: Important Changes for FY 2010 (04/19/10)

FAS Commodity and Market Intelligence Reports
— Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (04/13/10)
— 2010 Trade Forecast Revision: Pork Higher; Beef and Broiler Meat Stable (.pdf; 04/13/10)
— Livestock and Meat Trade Data (04/14/10)
— Russia Displaces Other Wheat Exporters (.pdf; 04/09/10)
— Cotton: India Displaces U.S. in China (.pdf; 04/09/10)
— Brazil Corn: Reduced Area Does not Reduce Output (.pdf; 04/09/10)
— Argentina’s Shelled Peanuts Displace China in Key European Markets (.pdf; 04/09/10)

— The Economic Crisis Has Curtailed Growth in World Wine Import Demand (.pdf; 04/06/10)
— U.S. Continues To Negotiate With Russia on Poultry Issues (USDA Radio News; 04/20/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Ag Exports Still Ahead Of Last Year (USDA Radio News; 04/14/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— U.S. Soybean Export Sales Still Surging Ahead (USDA Radio News; 04/12/10 - wma, real, mp3)

Specialty Food Company Finds Continued Success in International Trade Shows (04/06/10)

The Economic Crisis Has Curtailed Growth in World Wine Import Demand (.pdf; 04/06/10)

USDA Amends GSM-102 Credit Guarantees for Fiscal Year 2010 (04/06/10)
— Modifications to Export Credit Program Are Risk Based (USDA Radio News; 04/14/10 - wma, real, mp3)

U.S., Brazil Agree Upon Path Toward Negotiated Solution of Cotton Dispute (04/06/10)
— How U.S. Trade Benefits From Brazil Agreement (USDA Radio News; 04/14/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Brazil WTO Cotton Case Not Just About Cotton (USDA Radio News; 04/09/10 - wma, real, mp3)

USTR Steps Up Enforcement Focus with First-Ever Reports on Agricultural, Technical Barriers to U.S. Exports (03/31/10)

Vilsack Commemorates 50th Anniversary of 'Hog Lift' at Events in Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture (04/08/10)
— Statement of Secretary Tom Vilsack on Meeting with Japanese Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (04/08/10)
— Vilsack Addresses Partners in Agriculture Global Food Security Symposium in Japan (04/07/10)
— Partners in Agriculture Web Site Launched To Showcase Trade With Japan
— USDA Works To Open Asian Markets For U.S. Farmers (USDA Video; April 2010)
— Vilsack's Japan Trip Will Include Beef Discussions (USDA Radio News; 04/02/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Vilsack to Travel to Japan April 5-9 (USDA Radio News; 03/31/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— Flowering Cherry Trees – A Gift from Japan (.pdf; 03/30/10)
— Vilsack to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports While on Trip to Japan (03/16/10)
— Vilsack to Visit Japan in April (USDA Radio News; 03/16/10 - wma, real, mp3)
— More on the trip to Japan

Featured Reports
04/09/10 Argentina’s Shelled Peanuts Displace China in Key European Markets (.pdf)
04/09/10 Brazil Corn: Reduced Area Does not Reduce Output (.pdf)
04/09/10 Cotton: India Displaces U.S. in China (.pdf)
04/09/10 Russia Displaces Other Wheat Exporters (.pdf)
04/06/10 The Economic Crisis Has Curtailed Growth in World Wine Import Demand (.pdf)
03/25/10 Will Lots of Stocks Push Wheat Area Down?

World Production, Market and Trade Reports
04/20/10 Dairy Monthly Import Circular
04/19/10 Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
04/09/10 Oilseeds: World Markets & Trade
04/09/10 World Agricultural Production
04/09/10 Cotton: World Markets & Trade
04/09/10 Grain: World Markets & Trade
04/06/10 Wine: World Markets & Trade
03/18/10 Sugar Monthly Import and Re-Export Data Report
03/16/10 Dairy Monthly Import Circular

2010 Release Dates

Export Regulations
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Federal Register Notices
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

Export Sales

Archival export sales reports are available from 1998 to the present. -- The Export Sales Reporting Program: The Early Alert System for U.S. Exporters (brochure)

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