NPPC comments on US pork trade barriers

The USTR report details significant barriers to US exports of goods and services, US foreign direct investment and US electronic commerce in important export markets. Specific barriers highlighted in the report include import policies such as tariffs, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, government procurement policies, intellectual property protections and subsidies. “Trade barriers limit US agricultural exports, which are vital to America’s farmers, ranchers and the overall US economy, supporting about 1 million US jobs,” NPPC said in its Capital Update. “For pork producers, pork exports contribute significantly to their bottom line. Last year, producers shipped nearly $7.7 billion of product to foreign destinations, and those exports added the equivalent of more than $61 to the average price producers received for each hog marketed.” NPPC listed 21 countries that have varying tariff and/or non-tariff barriers limiting US pork exports in its ...