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During our first long-tenn grain agreement with the USSR, 1976-1983, U.S. 

 wheat exports averaged 3.7 million tons per year, while coarse grain exports 

 averaged 7.6 million tons. The U.S. market share of total USSR wheat imports 

 was 26 percent, and coarse grains were 46 percent of total imports, despite an 

 18-month embargo following the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan. 



Under the second long-term agreement and its numerous extensions, from 

 1983 to 1990, annual U.S. wheat exports averaged 4.5 million tons, varying as 

 high as 9 million tons in 1987, and as low as 200,000 tons in 1985. Coarse 

 grain exports averaged 10.1 million tons per year. 



It is noteworthy that U.S. coarse grain exports, mostly corn, were 

 two-thirds of the USSR's total coarse grain imports. U.S. wheat was 25 

 percent of total USSR imports. 



After 1990, long-term arrangements no longer played a role in our trade 

 with the USSR, and trade was supported by the CCC export credit guarantee 

 (GSM-102) program. In 1991 and 1992, the U.S. share of total USSR/FSU wheat 

 imports was 35 percent; our share of USSR/FSU coarse grain imports was 41 

 percent. 



