Trade

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	National Food and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East	2003 NFAPP U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Outlook Outlook for the U.S. fruit and vegetable markets. Data is provided on U.S. food prices and expenditures, U.S. fruit and vegetable production value, and supply and utilization (including domestic consumption) for many fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The macroeconomic assumptions employed are also given. (more) Publication Month: February 2003	Jun 24, 2003
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Agricultural Outlook: Statistical Indicators The statistical indicators formerly provided in Agricultural Outlook magazine will continue to be updated regularly on this website. These tables include data on individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural trade, farm income and expenses, farm prices, food prices and expenditures, and other statistical indicators of the food and agriculture system. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2008	Apr 3, 2008
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Background Data on U.S. Beef Industry Summary information on the U.S. beef industry and U.S. meat and livestock trade in 2002 and 2003, U.S. beef prices in 2003, current cattle/beef prices, and more. (more)	Jan 7, 2004
	Robertson, Robert E.	Beef and Lamb: Implications of Labeling by Country of Origin U.S. General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives. This report discusses the economic costs and benefits of labeling beef and lamb by country of origin, and includes import data for these commodities. (more) Publication Month: January 2000	Jul 31, 2002
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Biotechnology and U.S. Agricultural Trade This website provides information and resources related to biotechnology and U.S. trade in agriculture. Includes links to news releases, fact sheets, events, publications, and more. (more)	Sep 14, 2004
	Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) This page links to resources related to the effects of BSE on trade. Includes links to reports, guidelines, directives, and other government agencies' and organizations' web sites related to BSE. (more)	Jan 7, 2004
	Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau	Country by 1-digit SITC Commodity Trade Data Products traded with the U.S., listed in tables by month for each country. Data available beginning 1996.	Jun 7, 2002
	Krissoff, Barry; Kuchler, Fred; Nelson, Kenneth; Perry, Janet; Somwaru, Agapi	Country-of-Origin Labeling: Theory and Observation This report examines the economics behind the differing claims regarding the effects of mandatory country-of-origin labeling. (more) Publication Month: January 2004	Feb 4, 2004
	Paarlberg, Philip L.;Seitzinger, Ann Hillberg; Lee, John G.; Mathews, Kenneth H.; Jr.	Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease Report presenting a modeling framework in which epidemiological model results are integrated with an economic model of the U.S. agricultural sector to enable estimation of the economic impacts of outbreaks of foreign-source livestock diseases. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008	Jun 6, 2008
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	ERS/USDA Data This web page will help you to find ERS data. Includes links to data products, tools for viewing data, interactive maps and spacial data, information quality guidelines, highlighted newly released and most requested datasets, and more. (more)	Oct 1, 2003
	Gillin, Edward	FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It provides an overview of FAOSTAT, including data sources, data processing, database usage statistics, and examples of data queries and use. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri	FAPRI U.S. Briefing Books Baseline projections for U.S. agriculture. Includes policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, data for U.S. commodities, U.S. food prices and expenditures, and other indicators. Reports are available beginning 1999. (more)	Jul 12, 2002
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FAS Online FAS provides information and data about imports and exports, commodities, trade policy, buying US products, and more.	Jun 12, 2002
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FAS Processed Food Export Groups Database of U.S. food exports using a Baby BICO classification that groups foods in a way that should be more meaningful to the processed food industry. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, January 18, 2006	Jan 18, 2006
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food Market Indicators Data on economic activity related to food production and distribution, including supply, sales, industry structure and performance, trade, food expenditures, farm-to-retail price spreads, and other characteristics. (more)	Oct 20, 2003
	USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture	Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products: Impacts and Implications for the United States Report on the impacts of other countries? biotechnology labeling and traceability requirements for plant-based products on the U.S. food and feed supply chain. (more) Publication Date: Monday, May 9, 2005	May 11, 2005
	Information Services, Oregon State University	GovStats Provides access to electronic US government information on economics, demographics, U.S. counties, trade, and agriculture. [NB: As of Jan. 1, 2004, Oregon State no longer provided this access. This link will now take you to an OSU-prepared list of suggestions of where to look for the data that used to be there.]. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Center for Emerging Issues, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Impact Worksheets These worksheets provide summaries of disease events, including the affected country's livestock production and trade, livestock products likely to be affected, and risk factors for the U.S. (more)	Jan 24, 2003
	Action Programme for the Prevention of Food Losses, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Improving the Quality and Safety of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: A Practical Approach: Final Report Report of this sub-regional workshop for Caribbean English speaking countries held in Bridgetown, Barbados May 24-28, 2004. Includes a summary of the workshop as well as findings related to the agricultural sector, trade, and consumption in this area, fresh fruit and vegetable quality and safety initiatives, difficulties in implementing safety and quality initiatives, opportunities, and threats to the horticultural industry in this region. The workshop program is here. (more) Event Dates: Monday, May 24, 2004 - Friday, May 28, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, May 28, 2004	Jun 24, 2004
	Buzby, Jean C. (Ed.)	International Trade and Food Safety: Economic Theory and Case Studies Report on the relationships between food safety regulation and international trade. Food safety and trade issues for meat and poultry products, produce, and seafood are discussed, as are these issues as related to hazards such as mycotoxins and dioxins. Attachments include "Belgian-Luxembourg exports, 1989-1999" and "Belgium-Luxembourg monthly production indices of key agricultrual products, 1998-99". Highlights of this report are provided in Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB789), Food Safety and International Trade - Research Briefs, available from ERS. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Nov 12, 2003
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Market Context for BSE This page links to various USDA resources related to market information, food safety, and trade.	Jan 14, 2004
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory Directory of establishments that produce meat, poultry, and/or egg products that are regulated by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. It is updated monthly. Includes information on type of product and type of operation for each business. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2006	Jan 31, 2006
	North American Meat Processors Association	NAMP's Management Conference Presentations Presentations from this conference held March 26-28, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Presentations include "Trade Impacts of BSE"/Lambert, Chuck; "Canada/U.S. Agricultural Trade"/Masswohl, John; "FSIS Outlook"/Englejohn, Daniel L.; "Global Meat Trade"/Elam, Thomas E.; "Evolving With The Consumer"/The Hartman Group; "Red Meat Outlook"/Robb, James. (more) Event Dates: Friday, March 26, 2004 - Sunday, March 28, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, March 26, 2004	Jan 22, 2004
	National Cattlemen's Beef Association	National Cattlemen's Beef Association: NCBA: Beef.org Trade association for cattle farmers and ranchers in the U.S. The website includes nutrition research information, consumer information, food safety information including safe handling practices, information on beef irradiation, animal health information, and more, beef production resources, economic data, and more. (more)	Jun 4, 2003
	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Statistics Portal Portal to OECD statistics on such topics as agriculture and fisheries, demography and population, development, environment, health, trade, economics, and more. The portal and much of the data is free but some datasets must be purchased. (more)	Feb 13, 2004
	Whitton, Carol, and Ernest Carter	Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade Outlook for U.S. agricultural trade in 2003. Includes economic outlook, export products, regional exports, import products, regional imports, reliability, and contacts and links. Tables are provided for agricultural and regional imports and exports. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, February 20, 2003	Feb 27, 2003
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Production, Supply and Distribution Online Database of USDA data on production, supply, and distribution of agricultural commodities for the U.S. and other countries. Data may be viewed in tabular form or downloaded. Pre-defined tables are available, but you may also create a custom query. Raw data files for commodities are also available. This page also provides a link to the IDB (International Data Base) of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world, maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. (more)	Feb 22, 2008
	Food and Drug Administration	Requirements Pertaining to Sampling Services and Private Laboratories Used in Connection With Imported Food Proposed rule regarding the use of sampling services and private laboratories for analysis of imported foods. Includes discussion of requirements for persons using sampling services and private labs for imported foods, requirements for sampling services, and requirements for private laboratories. An impact analysis is also included. A correction to this proposed rule was published in 69 FR 29912, available through GPO Access at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi? dbname=2004_register&docid=fr26my04-22. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 29, 2004	Apr 30, 2004
	American Soybean Association	Soy Stats 2002 This site provides statistical information about "the U.S. soybean industry and its relationship to world oilseed production." It includes a description of soybeans and their uses, state and U.S. soy crop statistics, domestic utilization statistics, exports and ending stocks, world statistics, and more. World statistics are provided on oilseed production, soybean production, soybean and soy meal exports, protein meal consumption, vegetable oil consumption, and more. Data is provided in graphical and tabular formats. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Oct 1, 2002
		Special Issue: Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization includes the following articles: "Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview of the Special Issue"/Schmitz, Andrew; "GMOs: Prospects for Productivity Increases in Developing Countries"/Evenson, Robert E.; "Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights"/Zilberman, David; Ameden, Holly; Graff, Gregory; Qaim, Matin; "Europe's Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology: Precaution or Trade Distortion?"/Sheldon, Ian; "Genetically Modified Food Standards as Trade Barriers: Harmonization, Compromise, and Sub-Global Agreements"/Tothova, Monika and Oehmke, James F.; "Did StarLink Reduce Import Demand for Corn?"/Schmitz, Troy G; Schmitz, Andrew; Moss, Charles B.; "Genetically Modified Organisms: Rights to Use Commodity Names and the Lemons Problem"/Gray, Richard; Moss, Charles B.; Schmitz, Andrew; "Consumer's Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods: The Role of Information in an Uncertain Environment"/Huffman, Wallace E.; Rousu, Matthew; Shogren, Jason F.; Tegene, Abebayehu; "Effects of Information on Consumers' Willingness to Pay for GM-Corn-Fed Beef"/Li, Quan; McCluskey, Jill J.; Wahl, Thomas I. Access to the full text of the articles may require subscription. (more) Publication Year: 2004	May 17, 2004
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	State Export Data Estimated data on U.S. exports by state and commodity group. Export estimates are based on a state's share of the total U.S. agricultural production. Data are available in xls format for state and commodity (last 5 fiscal years or since 1973), total exports by state (last 5 fiscal years), top ten exporting states by commodity (current year), and state exports by commodity (since 1990). (more)	Aug 27, 2003
	Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2002 Document on the world fisheries and aquaculture industry. Part 1, "World review of fisheries and aquaculture," includes discussion of fisheries production, utilization, and trade. Part 2, "Selected Issues Facing Fishers and Aquaculture," includes discussion of antibiotic residues in aquaculture products, among other topics. Part 3, "Highlights of Special FAO Studies," includes discussion of the role of public sector policies in Chinese aquaculture development, among other topics. Part 4, "Outlook," discusses long-term projections of fish production and consumption and the prospects for employment related to fisheries and aquaculture. Part 5, "Fisheries Activities of Country Groupings," provides information on various regions of the world. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jun 23, 2003
	USDA Economics and Statistics System, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University	Trade Links to downloadable datasets on agricultural trade.	Jun 7, 2002
	Foreign Trade Information System, Trade Unit, Organization of American States	Trade Data This site provides links to trade data as well as to American statistical agencies that collect trade statistics.	Jun 7, 2002
	Leuck, Dale; Haley, Mildred; Harvey, David	U.S. 2003 and 2004 Livestock and Poultry Trade Influenced by Animal Disease and Trade Restrictions This report discusses the effects of BSE and other animal diseases on U.S. trade in livestock and animal products for 2003 and recent years and 2004 forecast. (more) Publication Month: July 2004	Jul 6, 2004
	Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	U.S. Trade Internet System Database of U.S. import, export, and re-export data from BICO, FAS, FATUS, HS-2, HS-4, HS-6, and HS-10. You may search by country and commodity. The output is a table with the option to download and Excel file. (more)	Aug 2, 2002

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