Agricultural Trade: Five Countries' Foreign Market Development for
High-Value Products (Letter Report, 12/14/94, GAO/GGD-95-12).

This report provides an overview of the structure, funding, and
promotional efforts 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.  GAO discusses the
(1) organizations in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the
Netherlands that help develop foreign markets for their high-value
agricultural products; (2) programs of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture for foreign market development of high-value products; and
(3) ways in which these five countries' programs are evaluated to
determine their effectiveness in boosting exports.

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 REPORTNUM:  GGD-95-12
     TITLE:  Agricultural Trade: Five Countries' Foreign Market 
             Development for High-Value Products
      DATE:  12/14/94
   SUBJECT:  Commodity marketing
             Agricultural products
             International trade
             Exporting
             Foreign governments
             Non-government enterprises
             Sales promotion
             Agricultural programs
             Agricultural policies
             Agricultural industry
IDENTIFIER:  France
             Germany
             United Kingdom
             Netherlands
             European Union
             USDA Market Promotion Program
             USDA Foreign Market Development Program
             FAS Cooperator Market Development Program
             
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