USDA ANNOUNCES MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2000 Release No. 0192.00 Susan McAvoy (202) 720-4623 susan.mcavoy@usda.gov Donald Washington (202) 720-3101 washington@fas.usda.gov USDA ANNOUNCES MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2000 WASHINGTON, June 9, 2000 Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced fiscal year 2000 allocations of $90 million to 65 U.S. trade organizations for export promotion activities under the Market Access Program. "Trade is vital to a healthy U.S. agriculture, and MAP continues to be critical to our efforts to help U.S. farmers compete in international markets, from Hong Kong to Sao Paulo to Pretoria," Glickman said. "By 2050, more than 9 billion people will be coming to the global table, and we must continue to provide our producers with the support they need to be competitive and meet this growing demand." MAP uses funds from USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into agreements with U.S. agricultural trade organizations, state regional groups, and cooperatives to share the costs of overseas marketing and promotional activities in specified countries. MAP is administered by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service. All program applications undergo a competitive review process that compares the performance of each applicant to others on the basis of four weighted criteria: degree to which the applicant will contribute resources to the program, historic export performance, projected export goals, and accuracy of past export goals. For additional information on the program, call the FAS Marketing Operations Staff at (202) 720-4327. -more- MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2000 Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute $2,267,542 American Forest & Paper Association 5,634,829 American Peanut Council 893,157 American Seafood Institute 287,186 American Seed Trade Association/Oregon Seed Council 236,178 American Sheep Industry Association 144,952 American Soybean Association 2,531,827 Asparagus USA 226,308 Blue Diamond Growers/Almond Board of California 1,347,493 California Agricultural Export Council 232,475 California Cling Peach Growers Advisory Board 526,852 California Kiwifruit Commission 114,383 California Pistachio Commission 754,784 California Prune Board 1,909,005 California Strawberry Commission 465,841 California Table Grape Commission 1,899,949 California Tomato Commission/Florida Tomato Committee 385,902 California Tree Fruit Agreement 748,008 California Walnut Commission 2,257,912 Cherry Marketing Institute 99,502 Chocolate Manufacturers Association 366,173 Cotton Council International 7,747,475 Cranberry Marketing Committee 605,407 Eastern US Agricultural and Food Export Council 2,023,788 Florida Department of Citrus 3,510,876 Hop Growers of America 44,954 Intertribal Agriculture Council 461,673 Kentucky Distillers' Association 27,282 Mid-America International Agri-Trade Council 4,117,718 Mohair Council of America 46,492 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 890,000 National Dry Bean Council 411,031 National Honey Board 111,674 National Potato Promotion Board 1,625,396 National Renderers Association 197,681 National Sunflower Association 803,513 National Watermelon Promotion Board 99,782 New York Wine and Grape Foundation 151,864 North American Blueberry Council 96,831 North American Export Grain Association 93,456 Northwest Wine Promotion Coalition 340,866 Organic Trade Association 48,520 Papaya Administrative Committee 67,292 Pear Bureau Northwest 1,046,386 Pet Food Institute 973,158 Raisin Administrative Committee 1,263,630 Southern United States Trade Association 2,002,382 Sunkist Growers, Inc. 1,725,177 Texas Produce Export Association 64,823 The Catfish Institute 47,887 The Popcorn Board 224,800 USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council 533,884 USA Poultry and Egg Export Council 2,450,040 USA Rice Federation/U.S. Rice Producers Association 1,964,250 U.S. Apple Export Council 339,834 U.S. Dairy Export Council 1,478,232 U.S. Grains Council 3,381,827 U.S. Livestock Genetics Export 662,535 U.S. Meat Export Federation 8,430,890 U.S. Wheat Associates 1,931,771 Washington Apple Commission 2,272,843 Washington State Fruit Commission/California Cherry Advisory Board 646,906 Welch's Food 522,407 Western United States Agricultural Trade Association 6,828,632 Wine Institute 3,103,876 Evaluation 1,250,000 Total 90,000,000 # USDA news releases and media advisories are available on the Internet. Access the USDA home page on the World Wide Web at: http://www.usda.gov