News Articles - Biotechnology
U.S. Grains Council Launches 2012 Online Annual Report
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2013 15:43
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The U.S. Grains Council launched its 2012 online Annual Report, available now at www.usgcAnnualReport.org.
The online report includes success stories from the year, video highlights, photographs, and market profiles from more than 25 countries and regions. Market profile pages display supply/demand charts, market growth potential and other information viewers may find useful, including highlights from Council programs in each country.
The View from Cairo: A Major Market in Upheaval
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- Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:39
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At the U.S. Grains Council's 10th International Marketing Conference and 53rd Annual Membership Meeting in Charleston, S.C., Feb. 11-13, 2013, attendees will enjoy the opportunity to hear how the Council's mission of Developing Markets, Enabling Trade and Improving Lives is achieved. Dr. Hussein Soliman, USGC director in Egypt, will provide a unique glimpse at the work he has done and some challenges he has faced during his more than 20 year tenure promoting U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and co-products. Those challenges have never been more acute than they are today, with immense political upheaval and rising competition from the Black Sea region now threatening a hard-won U.S. market in Egypt.
Clear Sailing for DDGS
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- Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:30
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It's official. The classification of U.S. distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as a non-hazardous cargo became final and mandatory under the code of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Jan. 1, 2013. This was the culmination of a process initiated by the U.S. Grains Council in 2010 in coordination with DDGS producers and shippers and the U.S. Coast Guard, which is the official U.S. representative to the IMO.
Update on Algerian Taxes, Duties on US Corn and Co-products
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- Published on Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:37
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By Cary Sifferath, U.S. Grains Council Regional Director for the Middle East and AfricaIn September 2012, the U.S. Grains Council reported that after a three and a half year effort, Algeria removed the value added tax (VAT) and custom tax on all feed imports, including corn, distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn gluten feed (CGF) until December 2012. The VAT and custom tax for DDGS and CGF had previously been set at 17 percent and 30 percent, resulting in no U.S. DDGS or CGF exports to Algeria. Corn VAT and custom tax had previously been set at 7 percent and 5 percent.
USGC Illustrates the Value of Agricultural Trade - US, Colombia FTA
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- Published on Thursday, 10 January 2013 00:00
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The U.S. Grains Council has always recognized that relationship building was key to increasing exports with current and prospective international customers. In 2012, these relationships helped the Council serve as a critical resource when foreign buyers, in response to the drought, had questions about U.S. crop conditions. The Council's trade servicing initiatives have reassured buyers that the United States would remain open for business despite the drought.
