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U.S. - Japanese Officials Conclude Agreement for Resumption of Beef Trade (10/23/04)
President Lifts Sanctions Against Libya
Libya is now fully eligible for USDA export promotion, export credit guarantees, and export assistance programs. Libya currently imports $1.2 billion a year in agricultural products to feed its population of roughly 5 million – primarily wheat, wheat flour, corn, rice, vegetable oil, and dairy products. (09/20/04)
-- Message to the Congress of the United States
-- Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury
-- Memorandum for the Secretary of the State, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce
-- Statement by the White House Press Secretary
-- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan Speaks to Reporters
United States and Bahrain Sign Free Trade Agreement (09/14/04)
WTO Releases Panel Report on Cotton Dispute (09/08/04)
-- From the Office of the United States Trade Representative - 'United States Successfully Defends Decoupled Payments from "Serious Prejudice" Claims'
U.S. Agricultural Exports Expected To Reach A Record $62 Billion in FY 2004 (08/26/04)
President Bush Signs The U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (08/18/04)
President Bush Signs U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (08/03/04)
Statement by Secretary Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding the World Trade Organization Accord (08/01/04)
Veneman Meeting With West African Ministers At Conclusion Of U.S. Cotton Tour (07/26/04)
Statement by Agriculture Secretary Veneman Regarding Congressional Approval of the U.S. - Morocco Free Trade Agreement (07/23/04)
U.S. and Morocco Sign Free Trade Agreement (06/15/04)
U.S. and Central America Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement
Historic agreement that will eliminate tariffs and trade barriers and expand regional opportunities for farmers and ranchers. (05/28/04)
U.S. and Bahrain Conclude Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Agreement designed to remove barriers and facilitate trade between both countries. (05/27/04)
United States and Mexican Agriculture Trade Officials Meet to Strengthen Trade Relationship (05/25/04)
United States, Australia Sign Free Trade Agreement (05/18/04)
Peru and Ecuador to Join With Colombia in May 18-19 Launch of FTA (05/05/04)

U.S., Australia to Sign Free Trade Agreement This Month (05/05/04)
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Trade News from 2003
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Trade Data

Data Available
FAS provides a host of statistics and other data about agricultural trade from a number of different sources.

PS&Donline;

The FAS Production, Supply and Distribution (PS&D) online database contains current and historical official USDA data on production, supply and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and key producing and consuming countries. Users may select from a menu of pre-defined tables categorized by commodity or commodity group.

Import & Export Data

U.S. export/import data is available from FAS databases in two different forms:

BICO Reports provides bulk, intermediate, and consumer-oriented agricultural product data in both a calendar or fiscal year format.
U.S. Trade Reports provides a more comprehensive commodity by commodity breakdown of exports and imports over a two- or five-year period.

Databases of Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) are available in MS Excel spreadsheet format from USDA's Economic Research Service. These include the following:

State export data

Agricultural exports by state for five fiscal years

Top 10 exporting states by commodity

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