Agricultural Trade: Five Countries' Foreign Development for High-Value Products.

Abstract

As you requested, we are providing an overview of the structure, funding, and promotional activities of the organizations that do foreign market development for agricultural products in five countries that are among the world's largest exporters of high-value products (HvP). Specifically, we obtained information on (1) the organizations in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands that help develop foreign markets for their high-value agricultural products; (2) the programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for HVP foreign market development; and (3) the ways in which these five countries' programs are evaluated to determine their effectiveness in increasing exports. As agreed with you, we looked only at market development and promotion activities-such as consumer promotion, trade servicing, and market research-and not at export subsidies, domestic subsidies, and internal price supports, which also affect efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA303357

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agriculture
  • Commerce
  • Data Analysis
  • European Communities
  • European Union
  • Food
  • Germany
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Market Research
  • Marketing
  • Netherlands
  • Trade Associations
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Industrial Economics