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The Agricultural Trade and Marketing Information Center Newsletter
No. 10, November 1992 (Issued Quarterly)
U.S. Assistance To Russia and The Newly Independent States
The “Newly Independent States” area earlier this year, and a follow¬ tension advisor and a public policy
consist of Russia, Armenia, Azer¬ up visit by a team of specialists is specialist in Armenia to assist in
baijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakh¬ planned for the near future. For in¬ creating a legal framework for its
stan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikis¬ formation on this project contact: agricultural policy reforms. Exten¬
tan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Mitchell Geasler, Extension Ser¬ sion service activities for three
Uzbekistan. vice, USDA; Tel: [phone]. other newly independent states are
also under consideration. For in¬
In the past few months, the formation on these activities, con¬
Wholesale Markets - The Agricul¬
Agricultural Trade and Marketing tact: Earl Teeter, Extension Ser¬
tural Marketing Service (AMS),
Information Center (ATMIC) has vice, USDA; Tel: [phone]
USDA project aids in the develop¬
received numerous requests for in¬
ment and expansion of modern
formation on U.S. assistance pro¬
wholesale markets in the former Loaned Executives Program -
grams to Russia and the Newly In¬
Soviet Union, focusing on Kiev and USDA, in cooperation with U.S.
dependent Countries. The U.S.
Moscow. agriculture and agribusiness firms,
Department of Agriculture
will send loaned executives to
(USDA), Foreign Agricultural Ser¬
A U.S. team of private and govern¬ counterpart organizations in the
vice (FAS) Fact Sheet, dated/ re¬
ment marketing specialists are as¬ former Soviet Union to agjst im¬
vised July 13, 1992, lists many
sisting in market operations, post¬ proving efficiency of exispSJg capi¬
programs and key contacts. With
harvest storage and handling, and tal resources. For more informa¬
FAS’s permission we are reprint¬
market information activities. As¬ tion contact: lames O’M^dra,
ing that information below:
sistance in the areas of commodity FAS, USDA; (Tel: [phone] .. •
ro r
exchanges and trade training is
USDA and the U.S. Agency for In¬
also planned. ZL C
ternational Development Credit Guarantees for Facilities -
(U.S.A.I.D) have several technical USDA is developing plans to pro¬
For more information, contact:
assistance programs underway to vide credit guarantees for facili¬
Wes Kriebel, AMS, USDA; Tel:
help develop the agricultural and ties, which the 1990 Farm Bill
[phone].
agribusiness sectors of the former authorized for the first time. The
Soviet Union. These are: guarantees will be directed toward
Extension Service Projects - In facilities and projects that not only
January 1992, a USDA Extension directly improve food processing
Model Farm Project - To
Service team surveyed extension and distribution capabilities in the
demonstrate various aspects of
need in Armenia. In response to newly independent states, but
U.S. farm management practices
this team’s recommendations, four which also lend managerial skills
to a group of newly privatized Rus¬
additional teams were sent off to to enterprises. For additional
sian farmers, USDA plans to place
Armenia to help in the areas of information, contact: Larry T.
U.S. farm families in a farming
vegetable, dairy, potato, and poulty McElvain, FAS, USDA; Tel:
community in the St. Petersburg
farm extension services, also [phone].
region. A USDA team visited the
USDA plans to place a senior ex¬ (continued on page 2)
ATMIC, NAL, Room 304 Phone: [phone]
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351 Or [phone]
National Agricultural Library
U.S. Assistance to Russia and the Newly Independent States, cont.
Farmer to Farmer Program - Union, contact: Jim Higgiston, The Business Information Service
Under the Farmer to Farmer pro¬ FAS, USDA; Tel: [phone] for the Newly Independent States
gram, the U.S. Agency for Interna¬ (BISNIS), U.S. Department of
tional Development will place Commerce, International Trade
Humanitarian Food Assistance -
U.S. farmers and agribusiness ex¬ Administration, is working closely
For more information on the U.S.
perts in counterpart organizations with the IESC to publicize trade
Government’s humanitarian food
in the newly independent states to and investment opportunities
aid effort for the former Soviet
lend operational free-market ex¬ resulting from IESC defense con¬
Union, Contact Mary Chambliss,
pertise. For more information on version and technical assistance
FAS, USDA; Tel: [phone]
these activities, contact: Loreta projects in the NIS. For more
Williams, AID/FHA; Tel: (703) detailed information contact:
Other Resources/Contacts
351-0218 Christa Capozzola/Lewis Madan-
ick at IESC; Tel: [phone];
Assistance for Trade Offices in FAX: [phone]
Cochran Fellowship Program -
Former Soviet Union - The U.S.
USDA will introduce the Cochran
Department of Commerce will
Fellowship Program (CFP) in Rus¬ U.S.-Russia Defense Conversion
provide financial assistance to in¬
sia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan this Subcommittee (DCS) - is a part of
dustry trade associations and
year, using funding from USDA’s the Intergovernmental U.S. Rus¬
other non-profit organizations in¬
emerging democracies program. sia Business Development Com¬
terested in opening trade offices
The Program provides short-term mittee initiated by President Bush
in the Newly Independent States
training in the United States for and President Yeltsin in June
that comprised most of the former
mid-level agriculturalists and ad¬ 1992. DCS is also in the process
Soviet Union. For more informa¬
ministrators from the public and of publishing a “Russian Defense
tion contact: Eric Cimon or
private sectors of middle income Business Directory.”
Lynette Stoltzfus, Office of Export
countries and emerging democra¬
Trading Company Affairs, Room
cies, for more information con¬
1800, U.S. Department of Com¬ For more information on DCS,
tact: Jeanne Bowen, Office of In¬
merce, 14th and Constitution Ave, contact: Lee Frazier; Tel: (202)
ternational Cooperation and
NW, Washington, DC 20230; Tel: [phone]; FAX: [phone];
Development, USDA; Tel: (202)
[phone] for more information about the
690-1240.
directory, contact: Diana Witter;
Newly Independent States Tel: [phone]
Credit Guarantees Program - In
(NIS) Defense Conversion
implementing the GSM-102 pro¬
Initiatives
Special American Business Inter¬
gram (U.S. Department of Agri¬
nship Training (SABIT) - this pro¬
culture export credit guarantee
The Departments of Commerce, gram awards funds supplied by
program), since December 1991,
State, Defense, and the U.S. Agen¬ U.S. A.I.D. on a competitive basis
USDA worked with all 12 states
cy for International Development to U.S. companies willing to host
of the former Soviet union, which
assist U.S. private sector participa¬ NIS managers and scientists in ex¬
agree to be jointly and severally
tion in NIS defense conversion in¬ ecutive internships of three to six
responsible for the repayment of
itiatives: months.
loans guaranteed by GSM-102. In
addition to Russia and Ukraine,
Companies interested in partici¬
USDA currently is seeking from
International Executive Service
pating in SABIT should contact
other states the information neces¬
Corps (IESC) -Defense Conver¬
the Special American Business
sary to determine eligibility for in¬
sion Team - for more information
Internship Training Office; Tel:
dividual GSM-102 programs. For
contact: Sam Blackmore/Joseph
[phone]; FAX: (202) 482-
more information on the GSM-
Walls, IESC, P.O.Box 10005,
2443
102 agricultural credit guarantee
Stamford, Connecticut 09604;
program for the former Soviet
FAX: [phone].
(continued on page 3)
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U.S. Assistance to Russia and the Newly Independent States, cont.
Trade Organizations GEORGIA - Chamber of Com¬ SOYUZPLOOLOIMPORT -
merce and Industry of Georgia; (Exports/imports/beverages,
380079 Tbilisi pr I Chavchavadze foodstuffs, fruits, vegetables);
Trade Representation of the Rus¬
11; Tel: [phone]; FAX: 12100 Moscow, Smolenskaya-Sen-
sian Federation in the US, 2001
[phone]; GRUZIMPEX - naya pi. 32/34; Tel: [phone]-
Connecticut Ave., NW, Washing¬
(Foreign Trade Organization); 58; FAX: [phone]
ton, DC; Tel: [phone]
380018 Tbilisi pr Rustaveli 8; Tel:
[phone]
Trade and Economic Council, 805
TAJIKISTAN - Chamber of Com¬
Third Avenue, New York, N.Y.
KAZAKHSTAN - Chamber of merce and Industry; 734012
10022; Tel: [phone]
Commerce and Industry of Dushanbe ul. Mazayeva 21; Tel:
Kazakhstan; 480091 Alma-Ata pr. [phone]; TAJIKVNESH-
Russian Trade and Cultural Cen¬
Kommunistichesky 93/95; Tel: TORG - (Industrial Association/
ter, One World Trade Center,
[phone]; FAX: (3272) 62- trade and economic relations with
35W, New York, N.Y. 10048;
05-94; KAZAKHINTOG-(Foreign foreign countries); 734025 Dushan¬
Tel: [phone]
Trade Organization/imports/ex¬ be, P.O. Box 48; Tel: [phone]-
ports/external economic relations); 03; FAX: [phone]
Russia and the Newly Independent
480091 Alma- Ata, ul.Gogolya 11;
States have set up Chambers of
Tel: [phone]
Commerce and Foreign Trade Or¬
TURKMENISTAN - Chamber
ganizations to aid in the promotion
KYRGYZSTAN - Chamber of of Commerce and Industry; 744000
of trade. These contacts are:
Commerce and Industry of the Ashkhabad ul Lakhuti 17; Tel:
Republic of Kyrgyzstan; 720300 (3662) 5-57-56
ARMENIA - Chamber of Com¬
Bishkek, ul.Kirova 205; Tel: (3312)
merce and Industry of the Repub¬
26-49-42
lic of Armenia; 375033 Yerevan, ul
UKRAINE - Chamber of Com¬
Alevrdyana 39; Tel: [phone]
MOLDOVA - Chamber of Com¬ merce and Industry; 252055 Kiev,
merce and Industry of the Repub¬ ul Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya 33; Tel:
AZERBAIJAN - Chamber of
lic of Moldova; 277012 Kishinev, [phone]; FAX: (044) 212-
Commerce and Industry of the
ul.Komsotnolskaya 28; Tel: 33-53; UKRIMPEX - (Foreign
Republic of Azerbaijan; 370601
[phone]; MOLDIMPEX - Trade Organization/import/export
Baku, ul Kommunisticheskaya
(Foreign Trade Organization); variety of goods, joint ventures,
31/33; Tel: [phone]; AZER-
277012 Kishinev, Botanicheskaya marketing); 252054 Kiev, ul
BINTORG - (Foreign Trade Or¬
ul.15; Tel: [phone] Vorovskovo 22; Tel: [phone]-
ganization, import /export, wide
74; FAX: [phone]
range of goods), Baku, ul.Nek-
RUSSIA - Chamber of Commerce
rasova 7; Tel: [phone]
and Industry of the Russian Feder¬
ation; 103684 Moscow, ul. Ilyinka UZBEKISTAN - Chamber of
BELARUS - Chamber of Com¬
6; Tel: [phone]; FAX: Commerce and Industry; 700017
merce and Industry of the
[phone]; EKSPORT- Tashkent, pr Lenina 16a; Tel:
Republic of Belarus; 220843
KHLEB - (Exports/imports barley, [phone]; UZBEKIN-
Minsk, vul Ya.Kolasa 65;
fodder, maize, oats, rice, rye, and TORG (Foreign Trade Organiza-
Tel: [phone]; BELAR-
wheat); 121200 Moscow, Smolens- lion/import/export wide range of
USINTORG - (Foreign Trade Or¬
kaya-Sennaya pi. 32/34; Tel: (095) goods); 700115 Tashkent, pr. Uz¬
ganization, exports/imports of con¬
244-47-01; FAX: [phone]; bekistan 45; Tel: [phone]
sumer goods); 220084 Minsk, vul.
LEFINTORG - (Export/import
Kellekornaya 10; Tel: (0172)
trade in consumer goods, timber (Other sources: International
29-63-08; UNION OF ENTRE¬
goods, feeds, and foodstuffs); Trade Administration/U.S. Depart¬
PRENEURS AND FARMERS;
196084 St. Petersburg, Moskovsky ment of Commerce; Trade Or¬
200079 Minsk, P.O. BOX 257;
pr 98; Tel: [phone]; ganizations; International Cham¬
Tel: [phone]
FAX: [phone]; bers of Commerce)
November 1992 Page 3 Vignettes
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce
The recently formed Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce assists U.S. business with general information
and technical advice on doing business with Chile. For more information contact the Chilean-American Cham¬
ber of Commerce at: 818 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20006; Tel: [phone]
Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)-Data Bank
The Organization of American States (OAS) is offering SICE, a trade and investment computer data bank ser¬
vice for public and private business communities. The databank contains eleven databases with up-to-date im¬
port and export statistics and full text retrieval of current U.S. federal regulations relevant to trade and business
opportunities. Access to the databank is available through direct computer connection between SICE and its
users. For more information on charges and training contact: OAS, Foreign Information System, 1889 F Street,
NW, Washington DC 20006; Tel: [phone] or FAX: [phone]
Frank B. Sollars Fund
The Frank B. Sollars Fund for International Cooperation offers foreign travel grants. The Fund is endowed by
the National Cooperative Business Association and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and administered
by the Cooperative Development Foundation. Senior managers and directors of U.S. cooperatives or organiza¬
tions working with cooperatives who are nominated and sponsored by their organizations are eligible to apply
for grants from the Fund. For more information contact: John Gauci, executive director of the Cooperative
Development Foundation; Tel: [phone].
Iowa International Network on Trade (INTERNET)
The Iowa International Network on Trade (INTERNET) provides information that helps Iowa companies that
export overseas. INTERNET examines foreign market reports, conducts on-site market research, and relies on
foreign databases and media sources before recommending specific policies and export strategies. For more in¬
formation contact Thomas Swarz at INTERNET, 912 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309; Tel: (515) 283-
2027
Law Student Internship Program/Language Resources List
The U.S. Department of Commerce, through a commercial law development program is helping Central and
Eastern Europe, and the Baltic States, develop a commercial infrastructure consistent with free market prin¬
ciples. The program is part of the U.S. government’s ongoing efforts to assist the region. The Program is also
compiling a Language Resources List of U.S. commercial law experts with strong language capabilities in Al¬
banian, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Polish for possible in-country place¬
ment. For more information about the “Law Student Internship Program, or the Language Resources List,”
(continued on page 5)
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(Items of Interest, continued from page 4)
contact: the Commercial Law Development Program, RM 3845, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Depart¬
ment of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Tel: [phone]; FAX: [phone]. (Source: Susan K.
Gurley, Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce)
Online Trade Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce (U.S.DOC) is offering an online trade information service-the Economic Bul¬
letin Board. For more information call U.S.DOC at [phone].
Small Business Administration (SBA)-On-Line Service:
The Small Business Administrations’s computer bulletin board opened in October 1992, and can be accessed 24
hours a day. Small businesses with computers and modems can use the bulletin board to call up information
about SBA resources. Washington area callers with 2400 baud modems should call [phone]; others with
a 9600 baud modem should call [phone]. For outside the Washington area should call the toll-free num¬
bers: 1-800-859-4636 for a 2400 baud modem and 1-800-697-4636 for a 9600 baud modem.
Trade Missions to Russia and the Baltics
The World Trade Center Association of Orange County and Cultural Access Network in California, plan trade
missions to Russia and the Baltic States. The first delegation will depart for St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
on November 9,1992; the second will depart March 8,1993, for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. For more infor¬
mation about the trade missions, contact: Kathy Jones, World Trade Center Association, 1 Park Plaza, Suite
150, Irvine, California 92714; Tel: [phone]; FAX: [phone].
Uganda Agricultural Growers and Exporters Association (UGAGEA)
UGAGEA was formed to promote all Uganda Agricultural Business Societies in achieving new farming and
marketing techniques, and to promote all Ugandan Societies in achieving prosperity through cooperation with
other sectors of the world economy through attracting foreign investors to establish agro-industrial joint ven¬
ture, import and export partnership, joint venture in mixed farming with Uganda and joint ventures with other
sectors of Uganda. For more information about the Association, contact: Zziwa Ssulaiti, Chairman, Uganda
Agricultural Growers and Exporters Association, P.O. Box 8610, Kampala, Uganda; FAX: [phone].
U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA)/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
FDA Seafood Hotline opened October 1, 1992. Automated hotline and fax service is available 24 hours a day.
Hotline telephone numbers are: 1-800-FDA-4010; in the Washington DC area call: [phone]. Public Af¬
fairs Specialists are available from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern Time, Monday-Friday.
November 1992 Page 5 Vignettes
PUBLICATIONS
Books/Directories/Guides • Food Safety. Julie Miller Jones
Covers topics such as: Food safety, food process¬
• Annual Directory of Supermarkets, Chains, Con¬
ing effects on nutritional quality and food safety,
venience Stores and Voluntary Groups in Cana¬
food additives, food irradiation, pesticides, in¬
da. Listed in: Canadian Grocer, August 1992
cidental contaminants in food and other related
issue, p.32-75. For availability and cost contact:
topics. 1992,388p.
MacLean Hunter, P.O. Box 9100, Postal Station
A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1V5 M5W;
Available from: Eagan Press, 3340 Pilot Knob
Tel: [phone]
Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097; Tel: [phone]-
7560; FAX: [phone]. Cost: $48.00 plus
• Annual Specialty Food Industry Directory 1992-
shipping and handling. (ISBN: 0-9624407-3-6).
1993. Listed in: Food Distribution Magazine,
September 1992 issue, p.58-93 For availability
• Food Trends and the Changing Consumer. Ben
and cost contact: FDM c/o NFDN Inc., P.O.
Senauer, et al. 1992, 385p.
Box 10378, Clearwater, FL 34616-0378;
Tel: [phone]
Includes topics on: Trends and traditions in the
American diet, the food consumer, new eco¬
• Directory of Export Credit Agencies
nomic perspectives, older americans and their
food habits, the forgotten poor and their food
Provides information on 160 export credit agen¬
problems, food safety, the food industry, and
cies in 83 countries, also includes multinational
demographic trends.
agencies providing international trade finance.
(Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Banco
Available from: Eagan Press, 3340 Pilot Knob
Latinamericano de Exportaciones, Inter-
Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097; Tel: [phone]-
American Development Bank).
7560; FAX: [phone]. Cost: $39.95 plus
shipping and handling. (ISBN: 0-9624407-2-8)
Available from: First Washington Associates
Ltd., 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 302, Arlington,
• Global Texas: International Trade Information
VA 22209; Tel: [phone]; FAX: (703)276-
Sourcebook. Published by the Center for Interna¬
8851. Cost: $39.95
tional Business Educations and Research, Grad¬
uate School of Business, University of Texas,
• Eastern Europe and Ike Commonwealth of Inde¬
Austin. 1992, 228p.
pendent States 1992. Compiled by Europa Publi¬
cations Limited 1992, London, England, 1992,
Contains international trade information for
583p.
Texas businesses, includes sections on market re¬
search, permits and patents, foreign trade zones
Contains chapters on Albania, Bulgaria, Czech
in Texas, multilateral development banks, trade
and Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugos¬
missions, product regulations and list of private
lavia and the Commonwealth of Independent
companies and governmental agencies that offer
States, including statistics, geography, econom¬
advice.
ics, politics, transportation and tourism.
Available from: Bureau of Business Research,
Available from: Omnigraphics, Inc., Penobscot
University of Texas, Austin, P.O. Box 7459, Aus¬
Building, Detroit, Michigan 48226; Tel: 1-800-
tin, TX 78713. Tel: [phone]; FAX: (512)
234-1340. Cost: $375.00
471-5812. Cost: $29.95
• Financing and Insuring Exports: A User's Guide
• Guidebook to the Andean Trade Preference Act-
to Eximbank and FCIA Programs. 1992.
ATPA. Prepared by Department of Commerce,
Available from: Eximbank Public Affairs; Tel:
(continued on page 7)
[phone]. Cost: $50.00
Vignettes Page 6 November 1992
(Publications, continued from page 6) Magazines/Newsletters
ITA/Latin America/Caribbean Business Devel¬
• International Produce Journal (Bi-monthly)
opment Center and U.S. Agency for Internation¬
al Development, Bureau for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Washington, DC, July 1992. 53p. Covers worldwide production, distribution, and
marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Contains information on the ATPA countries’
programs and services.
For information on availability and cost, contact:
Tim Linden; Tel: [phone]; FAX: (310)
Available from the U.S. Government Printing Of¬
fice, Washington DC, 20402-9325; Tel: (202) 783- 491-5566
3238 (stock# 1992-311-890)
• Hungarian Business Brief. Publisher: Kopint-
• International Countertrade, in two volumes.
Dartorg Ltd., Budapest, Hungary. 1992 (Bi¬
1992. Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce.
weekly)
» International Countertrade: A Guide for
Topics include: Economics and development,
Managers and Executives (v.l) - addresses
business in brief, joint venture opportunities, and
by subject aspects of countertrade transac¬
guides to key contacts and addresses.
tions as they pertain to the U.S. exporters, in¬
cludes also a list of international trading
Available from: Exlm International, Suite 817,
houses and sample contracts.
1100 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Tel:
[phone]; FAX: [phone]. Cost:
Available from: U.S. Government Printing
$195.00 per year
Office, Washington, DC 20401. (stock num¬
ber 003-009-00613-9), cost: S3.75
Reports
» Individual Country Practices in International
Countertrade (v.2) - contains individual prac¬ • BN A’s Eastern Europe Reporter. Publisher:
tices in 67 countries. Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, DC.
1991 (Bi-weekly)
Available from: U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20401. (stock num¬ Subjects covered: Foreign investment incentives;
ber 003-009 - 00614-7), cost: $2.75 privatization policy; U.S. government policy af¬
fecting investment in Eastern and Central Eur¬
• NAFTA Agriculture/Commodity Fact Sheets. ope and the former Soviet Union. Also covers
Prepared by U.S. Department of Agriculture, markets and deals, and analysis and opinion ar¬
Foreign Agricultural Service Staff. September ticles, texts of major laws and regulations, direc¬
1992. tories of government and business contacts.
For information on NAFTA materials contact: Available from: the Bureau of National Affairs,
USDA/FAS/Publications Office, Room 5920 Inc., 1231-25th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037.
South Bldg., Washington, DC 20250-1000. Tel: [phone]. Cost: $795.00 per year.
Tel: [phone]
• Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico,
• National Directors’ of Organic Wholesalers for 1991 Annual Report, 32p.
1993. Published by the California Action Net¬
work (CAN). The 1993 Directory is the 10th an¬ Includes financial data, tables, text on Puerto
niversary issue. Rico’s economy and all major economic sectors.
Covers networking and marketing information For availability and cost, contact: Government
for people involved in organic agriculture. Development Bank, 140 Broadway, 38th Floor,
New York, NY 10005. Tel: [phone];
For ordering information and cost, contact: Califor¬ FAX: [phone]
nia Action Network (CAN), P.O. Box 464, Davis, CA
95617; Tel: [phone]; FAX: [phone]. (continued on page 8)
November 1992 Page 7 Vignettes
(Publications, continued from page 7) Available from: U.S. Government Printing Of¬
fice, Washington, DC 20402-9325; Tel: (202)
• “North American Free Trade Agreement
783-3238
(NAFTA), Mexico-United States-Canada Trade
Accord.” Prepared by M. Lassanyi, Agricultural
Occasional Paper Series Reports.
Trade and Marketing Information Center, Na¬
tional Agricultural Library, November 1992.
27p. Agri-Topics No. AT 93-01. (Updates • OP-20 Characteristics of and Strategies for Enter¬
March 1992, Fact Sheet) ing the Duty-Free Markets. Jean-Marc LeRest
and Richard G. Mook. October 1992.
Available free from: NAL, Reference and User
Services Branch, Room 111, ATTN: Publication • OP-21 New Opportunities for U.S. Exporters and
Distribution, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, Investors in Poland, Hungary, and Czechos¬
MD 20705-2351, please enclose a self-addressed lovakia. Adam Widanski. September 1992.
gummed label.
• OP-22 Opportunities in the Canadian Market for
• NAFTA Tariff Schedule and Text. Publication U.S. Agricultural Products. Denise Muir. Oc¬
reflects the agreement reached August 12,1992 tober 1992
by U.S.-Canada-Mexico negotiators.
OP-Series are available from: Center for Agricul¬
Available from: Lithographies, 1716 I Street, tural Export Development, 300 Bradley Hall, Univer
N.W., Washington DC 20006; FAX: (202) 785- sity of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0058.
1606. (NAFTA Tariff Schedule-900p, cost: Tel:[phone]; FAX: [phone]
$48.76; and NAFTA Text-1,078p, cost: $57.32)
Articles
• Overseas Business Report: Canada, 1992.
Available from: U.S. Government Printing Of¬ • “Central and East European Markets: Look to
fice, Washington, DC 20402-9325; Tel: (202) 783- the Long Term for Trade.” Katherine C.
3238, cost: $19.00 (stock #PB92-155514) Nishiura, Horticultural and Tropical Products
Division, FAS. In: AgExporter, September 1992,
• Overseas Business Report: Mexico, 1992. p.12-15.
Available from: U.S. Government Printing Of¬ • “Mexico: The Hottest Market for U.S. Horticul¬
fice, Washington, DC 20402-9325; Tel: (202) 783- ture.” Ed Porter, Horticultural and Tropical
3238, cost: $17.00 (stock#PB92-163336) Products Division, FAS. In: AgExporter, Septem¬
ber 1992, p.10-11
Pacific Rim, Agriculture and Trade Report. Situa¬
tion and Outlook Series, September 1992. Publish¬
ed by Agriculture and Trade and Analysis
Please Note:
Division, Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
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