The U.S. Grains Council, in partnership with USDA’ s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is sponsoring several DDGS seminars and trade conferences in Japan and China in June 2010. The Council extends an invitation to U.S. DDGS exporters and producers to attend these seminars to initiate face-to-face introductions with foreign end-users and importers.  

China Workshops, June 19-26, 2010, include two one-day workshops in Fuzhou in Fujian Province and in Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. These workshops coincide with small trade shows hosted by U.S. DDGS suppliers. The Council will arrange for a table for each supplier member to let them show their samples and talk with the customers during breaks and other times set aside a for mini-trade show. DDGS suppliers will need to bring their product samples, including the detailed chemical and physical analyzing reports and the information of its availability and prices, etc., and be ready to sign export contracts if probable. The Council expects 70-100 participants at each workshop, including traders, feed and livestock end-users as well as government officials in each region, and some local international traders.

The Council will assist members with hotel arrangements, but travel and hotel costs will be the responsibility of the participant. The Council and FAS will pay for the seminars, reception, marketing materials and translators. If interested in attending, please contact Kimberly Karst at kkarst@grains.org or 202-326-0637.