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EXPORT PROMOTION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL POLICY
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION TO
FINANCE EXPORT CREDIT SALES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND
TO AUTHORIZE NON-MARKET-ECONOMY COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN
CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION,
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AN INTERMEDIATE TERM COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION CREDIT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE
SALE AND EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES PRODUCED IN THE
UNITED STATES,
A BILL TO AMEND THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION ACT TO DIRECT
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR EX-
PANDING EXPORTS OF FARM COMMODITIES BY MAKING AVAILABLE COM-
MODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FINANCING TO EXPORTERS WHO EXTEND
DEFERRED PAYMENT TERMS TO FOREIGN BUYERS,
A BILL TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH
INCREASED SALES ABROAD OF AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS, AND
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION TO EXTEND
INTERMEDIATE TERM AGRICULTURAL CREDITS IN SUPPORT OF THE EX-
PORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-
TERM AGRICULTURAL EXPORT MARKETS ABROAD
Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture, Nut
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON 1978
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia, Chairman
Morgan, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina..
Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from Iowa....
Stevenson, Hon. Adlai E., a U.S. Senator from Illinois..
Bosworth, Stephen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Resources
and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S.
Department of State...
Hughes, Thomas R., Administrator for the Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, accompanied by: Kelly Harrison,
General Sales Manager and Assistant Administrator for Market
Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture.......
Conner, Doyle, commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture,
Tallahassee, Fla..
Hall, Michael L., president, Great Plains Wheat, accompanied by: Harold
D. Smedley, president, U.S. Feed Grains Council; and William Kling,
Washington representative, American Soybean Association; and Jeff
Gain, director of legislative and field services, American Soybean
Association
Arsenault, vice president, American Express International Banking Corp.,
accompanied by Robert Scholle, assistant vice president and head,
Agribusiness Department.
Goodman, Jerry, executive director, National Conference on Soviet Jewry,
accompanied by Marina Wallach, Washington representative_.
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Halow, Joseph, executive director, North American Export Grain Asso-
ciation.
Datt, John C., director, Washington office, American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration, accompanied by Thomas Hammer, National Affairs Staff....
Lewis, Robert G., chief economist and national secretary, National
Farmers Union....
Blocklin, Hans, chairman, Government Affairs Committee, Council of
American Flagship Operators, accompanied by: Herbert Brand, presi-
dent, Transportation Institute; Albert Maskin, executive director,
American Maritime Association; Benjamin Man, executive director,
Joint Maritime Congress, W. H. Williams, vice president, American
President Lines; and Earl Clark, co-director of the Labor-Management
Committee. - .
Davis, Horace, former attaché, and former assistant administrator for
agricultural attachés.
Stevenson, Hon. Adlai, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, with attachments..
Letter to Senator Stone from Hon. Muriel Humphrey, dated April 28,
1978, regarding S. 2385__.
Hughes, Thomas R., Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture_
Conner, Doyle, commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture___
Hall, Michael L., president, Great Plains Wheat, Inc.--
Halow, Joseph, executive director, North American Export Grain Associa-
tion, Inc.
Datt, John C., director, Washington office, American Farm Bureau
Federation
Lewis, Robert G., chief economist and national secretary, National Farmers
Union..
Blocklin, Hans, vice president, Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., accompanied
by: Herbert Brand, president, Transportation Institute; Earl Clark,
co-director, Labor-Management Maritime Committee; Ben Man,
executive director, Joint Maritime Congress; Alfred Maskin, executive
director, American Maritime Association; and W. H. Williams, vice
president, American President Lines...
Davis, Horace, former attaché, and former assistant administrator for
agricultural attachés.
Stokes, E. Clinton, director, Food and Agriculture, Chamber of Commerce
of the United States---
McNair, Marvin A., administrative assistant, Seald-Sweet Growers, Inc.-
The Florida citrus industry position paper relating to citrus trade
barriers in international markets..
Wager, Robert, president, American Bakers Association, with attachments-
Letter to Hon. Richard B. Stone, dated April 25, 1978, from Howard J.
. Connolly, international sales and marketing, DNE Sales, Inc., regarding
S. 2968_
Letter to Hon. Richard B. Stone, dated May 8, 1978, from John D. Scott,
master, National Grange, regarding S. 2385, S. 2405, and S. 2968, with
attachment.
Brand, Herbert, president, Transportation Institute.
McMillan, vice president, government affairs, National Cattlemen's
Association....
Letter to Hon. Richard Stone, dated May 8, 1978, from Hon. Gilbert Gude,
Director, Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress,
regarding a report entitled "Potential for U.S. Agricultural Trade
Expansion"
Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from Iowa__
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY, Washington, D.C.
The subcommittee met pursuant to notice at 9 a.m., in room 324, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard Stone (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding.
Present: Senators Stone, Zorinsky, Bellmon, Dole, and Lugar. Also present: Senator Clark.
STATEMENT OF HON. BOB DOLE, A U.S. SENATOR FROM KANSAS
Senator DOLE [presiding]. I think we have a couple of colleagues who have other commitments, and I am certain the other witnesses have. In the absence of the chairman, we can commence the hearings. The farm prices of agricultural commodities that are involved in export sales are largely determined by world markets. As long as other nations, who compete with us for these markets, offer deferred or special credit terms when we cannot, they will continue to sell more grain and the United States will sell commodities after their supply is totally committed.
This position of being a residual supplier because of not being able to compete for these sales, therefore, is reflected in lower prices at the farm. Farmers should not be denied the right to compete in these markets and the higher prices that could result. That, essentially, is the general thrust of all the bills we consider today, although they have somewhat different approaches.
We have perhaps four bills, plus general interest in the promotion of exports. I have introduced S. 2504, which extends credit to those who would sell exports on a deferred payment basis to importers. The Canadians sell wheat this way to the People's Republic of China.
Senator Lugar has an intermediate credit bill that will supplement the existing CCC credit program; and Senator Humphrey's and Senator Clark's bills, which are somewhat similar, make credits available for periods of 1 to 10 years, and also makes credits available to nonmarket economy countries.
At this point we will place copies of S. 2385; S. 2405; S. 2504; and S. 2968 in the record.
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