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Kelley Bean Co< 



BEANS & PEAS 



ALL VARIETIES IN BULK AND PACKAGES 



MarHIl, Nebraska 



693SI 



March ie, 1003 



CongrMSfflan Bill B«rr«tt 

 1213 Longworth HOB 

 Washington O.C. 20516 



D«ar Congreesman 6arr«tt: 



X want to porsonally thank you for taking your valuable tloM and attending th« 

 Congressional Recaption that the National Dry Bean Council had at our recant 

 Washington Meeting. Your support of the dry edible bean Induatry of Nsbraska Is 

 always appreciated. I 



Z understand that U.S. tra^-^relentatlve Hlokey Kantor will be appearing 

 before the House Agricultural Coonlttee this afternoon discusaing NAFTA. Aa I 

 have expressed to you personally several tiMa over the paat year. If the MAFTA 

 agreeiient Is not side barred for agr1oi(.^re with specific protection for dry 

 edible beans we will Im in dea^'trw^le Jiat^ the sugar beet Industry but for 

 different reasons. 



At the aeeting In Washington, the Jfat1«^i pry Bean Council (representing all 

 growers and processors In the iJ.S^.) .went dhr record with a unanlmn resolution 

 opposing the NAFTA agr eoaw it as written bui^ln support of free trade. Why is 

 the NAFTA Agraeaant wrona for drv edible beans ? 



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1. The U8DA did not seek 'input of the industry. 



2. The negotiators failed to address the Canadian rail subsidy which 

 I will be used to cross the U.S. into Mexico. 



I 3. And this is the big one. They used only the sales to the Mexican 

 govemmartt (Cortafiupo) for export nunbere but they failed to 

 address the day to day bean sales that go acroes the border. Up 

 to two Mi 11 ion cwt of Pintos each year (25x of what Is considered 

 to be U.S. doa^tic 9pnsMBp^4on). 



4. They did not address the: unilateral subsidy to the Mexican grower 

 (#31.00 U.S. per <Mt on J>1nto beana - coa^red to |27.50 for U.S. 

 Pintos cleaned and bafloed delivered to the Mexican border). Jbft 

 V,$, flfOwqr 99%9 P9 ^Wt«1<^ on <trY beans, 



6. They Mde the phase.out^on the TRQ (Tariff Rote Quota) too long - 

 fifteen yeera. ..::. : .:^ ie 



We, the dry edible bean industry would. recoawend that the side bar agreenent 

 contain the following and this is backed up the resolution of the National Dry 

 Bean Council representing all growers and processors in the entire United 

 States: 



1. Fast track the phase.out; 2-5: years and not fifteen. 



2. Raise the quote allowed without a tariff from 60,000 Mtric tons 

 to 160,000 net ric tons per year. If nothing else, this will 

 allow our day tojday business to cross the border without 

 tariffa. 



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