• World Agricultural Outlook Board
  Supply and demand estimates, weather and climate
• Foreign Agricultural Service
  Country and commodity information
• Attaché reports include annual reports on asparagus, citrus, cotton, dairy and products, fresh deciduous fruits, frozen french fries, grain and feed, livestock and products, oilseeds and products, planting seeds, poultry and products, seafood, strawberries, sugar, tobacco and products, tomatoes and products, wine, and wood products

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), World Factbook


• Census Bureau trade data
• International Trade Commission (ITC), reports and publications
• United States Trade Representative (USTR)
  National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
  Trade Policy Agenda and Annual Report on the Trade Agreements Program

• International Monetary Fund
  Economic and financial data for Japan
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  Economic surveys and data
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  Country reports; tariff database
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• FAOSTAT
  Data on production, trade, food balance sheets, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery products, population, agricultural machinery, and food-aid shipments
• World Bank
  Country and regional reports and data
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
  Trade topics, including dispute settlements
• Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
  Annual food system and economic outlook surveys

• Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center, Management and Coordination Agency of Japan
  Statistics on Japan's society and economy
  
• Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  Economic policy information
• Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office
  Economic data and policy information
  
• Japan External Trade Organization
  Information on exporting to Japan
  
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
  Data, policy statements, and briefings on the agricultural sector and agricultural structure
• Ministry of the Environment
  Reports on environmental concerns

for more information, contact: John Dyck
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page updated: August 20, 2004