Contents

Reaching France's Retail food Systemphoto - tour boat
France's diverse and sophisticated retail food sector provides numerous opportunities for U.S. exporters.

photo - scenery in GermanyDiscounters Driving Germany's Grocery Sector
Competition may be daunting, but U.S. agricultural export sales are up in this largest EU marketplace.

Organics Earning Respect on Taiwanphoto - tourist attraction
A new domestic certification program authenticates imported organic food products as well.

Opportunity Knocks for Organics in Singaporephoto - port in Singapore

Singapore consumers spent just $4.7 million on organic food products in 2002, but increasing sales of 20 percent yearly in this sector and little domestic production provide opportunities for U.S. suppliers.

U.S. Wheat Sales Up Corn Down in Egyptphoto - Egyptian art
As market forces reconfigure Egypt's grain import market, U.S. wheat has recaptured a dramatic market share at the same time that U.S. corn sales have dropped somewhat.

 

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  June 2004
  Volume XVI, No. 6

  Published by
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Foreign Agricultural Service

  Editor
  Priscilla B. Glynn

  Writers
 
Mary Rekas
  Donald Washington
   
   

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