[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10810]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Change of Commodity Reporting and Analysis on Cocoa and Honey

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of change of commodity reporting and analysis on cocoa 
and honey.

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SUMMARY: Beginning with the June, 2000, Tropical Products: World 
Markets and Trade Circular and the November, 2000, Sugar: World Markets 
and Trade Circular, commodity and country analysis and statistical 
tables for cocoa and honey will be discontinued. This decision is due 
to declining Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) budget resources and 
the need to more strategically target remaining resources in support of 
the agency's primary mission to facilitate the expansion of export 
opportunities for U.S.-produced agricultural commodities. The 
availability of similar production and trade information from other 
sources was also a factor behind the decision. FAS expects to continue 
to receive voluntary reporting on cocoa production and trade from an 
abbreviated number of countries and these will continue to be posted on 
the FAS Home page upon receipt: http://www.fas.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Hirschhorn, Horticultural and 
Tropical Products Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-1049 or telephone at 
(202) 720-2974.

    Issued at Washington, DC, the 24th day of April, 2000.
Richard Fritz,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 00-10810 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]
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