Excerpt from Food and Agricultural Export Directory 1990 The United States maintains a global system for gathering and assessing information on world agriculture and trade. This enables u.s.-farmers to market abroad advantageously, and it helps us. Consumers obtain food products they need from other countries. Coordinating these global activities isthe responsibility of the Foreign Agricultural Service (fas) of the us. Department of Agriculture (usda). Since its formation in 1953, fas also has been the center for activities related to the development, expansion, and maintenance of export markets for us. Agricultural commodities. The central fax for fas is (202) 447-7729. Correspondence should include name, division or office, fas, usda, Washington, DC, 20250-1000. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.