July 17, 2017
A recently concluded trade mission to Angola reveals that the country continues to struggle with access to currency as oil prices remain low and Kwnaza to dollar conversion is restricted. […]
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June 20, 2017
USDBC has submitted its 2018 Unified Export Strategy (UES) to USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) requesting $2.2 million in export promotion funding. While we won’t have news regarding our actual […]
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June 20, 2017
One of USDBC’s programming goals in 2017 is to continue to improve our crop forecasting intelligence in competitor and principal export markets. This is a service we have always provided […]
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June 20, 2017
By: Ellen Levinson, USDBC International Representative Under a USDA Emerging Markets Program, USDBC is increasing the visibility of U.S. dry beans in DR-CAFTA countries. By 2020 those countries will have […]
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June 10, 2017
USDBC has submitted official commentary on the NAFTA renegotiation process to the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. While our overall ask is to do no harm, as our industry […]
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May 17, 2017
A USDBC trade team traveled to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic (DR) in mid March to meet with important buyers and investigate ongoing challenges and opportunities in these important Caribbean […]
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May 17, 2017
Just a few weeks into his tenure, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced plans to reorganize the Executive level hierarchy of USDA. Most notable to the agricultural export […]
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May 17, 2017
The Market Access Fund (MAP) and Foreign Market Development Fund (FMD) have funded USDBC’s global marketing programs for decades. Funding for MAP has not increased from $200 million since 2006, […]
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April 26, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2017 Portland, Oregon The U.S. Dry Bean Council expresses strong rejection of this morning’s news of a potential Executive Order directing withdrawal from NAFTA. USDBC […]
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April 18, 2017
USDBC Summer Meeting July 21 & 22, 2017 at Horseshoe Bay, Texas in conjunction with the U.S. Dry Bean Convention. Register for the Convention here: http://www.usdbc.com/
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