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U.S. Agricultural Trade: Recommended Readings

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Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade summarizes USDA's most recent 1-year projections for U.S. agricultural trade value and volume, as well as projections of selected countries' total trade with the United States.

U.S. Food Import Patterns, 1998-2007 (August 2009) examines patterns of U.S. food imports for fiscal years 1998-2007. Results indicate faster import growth trends for consumer-ready foods, such as fruit, vegetables, meats, seafood, and processed food products.

What the World Economic Crisis Means for Global Agricultural Trade (August 2009) evaluates the potential impacts of the 2008-2009 world crisis on international agricultural trade. The most pronounced feature of the current crisis is the sharp fall in agricultural trade, which is likely to fall between 20 and 30 percent in value between 2008 and 2009. This report provides insight into how the crisis is affecting both the commodity composition and the country composition of agricultural trade.

For additional readings, see the ERS publications catalog for reports related to:

 

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Updated date: August 21, 2009