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Contact: press@fas.usda.gov or (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, June 8, 2018 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Japan June 11-15, joined by numerous U.S...

USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney visits the USA Pavilion at FOODEX Japan. (Photo: U.S. Embassy Japan) Japan is the fourth-largest global market for U.S. agriculture and the top Asian market for U.S. exports...

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...

Buyers from around the world browse the USA Pavilion at BIOFACH 2017, the world’s largest organic trade show. The United States is the world’s premier producer and supplier of organic food and agriculture products and 24 U.S. companies recently had...

Contact: Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720-2916 WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase in the fiscal year 2017 specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ). The increase, of 40,000 metric tons raw value...

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: Sam Jones-Ellard, Agricultural Marketing Service, (202) 660-2268, samuel.jones@ams.usda.gov WASHINGTON, July 9, 2015 – The United States and Switzerland announced today that beginning July 10, 2015, organic products certified in the United...

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...

Contact: Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs, (202) 720-7115 WASHINGTON, June 12, 2015—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2016 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas (TRQ), and an increase in the...

U.S. organic companies exhibit at the SIAL Paris 2014 trade show. The U.S. organic industry is taking advantage of growing opportunities to market its products in Europe. Thanks to the support of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), American...

Photo: Agricultural attachés from around the world explore a cranberry marsh in Warrens, Wisconsin. Phil Karsting, Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Wisconsin is known worldwide for its cheese, but what about its cranberries, ginseng, urban...