Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following statement.
The
Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) and the Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
and Commerce have announced timber buyers from Vietnam, India and China
will be visiting Mississippi to meet with Southern Yellow Pine log
exporters December 2-4, 2019.
Through
the Agricultural Trade Promotion (ATP) program, the United States
Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS)
partners with U.S. agricultural trade associations,
cooperatives, state-regional trade groups and small businesses to share
the costs of overseas marketing and promotional activities that help
build commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural products and
commodities.
“I
am proud of this opportunity for Mississippi Southern Yellow Pine log
exporters to visit with delegations from three important world markets,
and I encourage
those interested in exporting to participate in the event,” said
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson, who serves as Vice
President of SUSTA.
Companies interested in this inbound trade mission, should visit
www.susta.org
to create an account, then resister individually to meet buyers from
each of the three countries. The participation fee is $8.33 per trade
mission, or $25 for all three. The registration
deadline is September 2, 2019.
For more information or questions about this trade mission, contact Ginger Williamson at (601) 359-1150 or
ginger@mdac.ms.gov.
The
Southern U.S. Trade Association is made up of the departments of
agriculture in 15 southern states and is chartered to facilitate exports
of U.S. food and high value agricultural products
by small to medium-sized companies in the region. SUSTA works closely
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in administering federal export
promotion programs, especially the Market Access Program (MAP) along
with investments by the states and individual
companies. Companies interested in learning more about SUSTA’s global
events program and cost-share program can find additional information by
visiting SUSTA.org.
9 comments:
But, they will miss Andy's ice skating rink at the State Fair.
Man, have I got a DEAL for Wu!
Perhaps they are looking to match Madison Timber's success.
Notice how we are like an emerging economy excited at the thought of rich Asian investment. How far have we fallen? Weren't they once the emerging economy?
The only things emerging in Missippi is Warts.
Exporting logs is just stupid. There is no value added wealth creation from exporting ANY of our natural resources.
Well, I thought the joke was funny, I guess JJ .......nevermind.
@1:52PM
This is what happens when you lose wars to countries like Vietnam.
Yes Honorable Andy where is the Timber man with the big checks, We seek his guidance
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