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Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute 



The Alaskan seafood industry sees great potential in the Mexican market. Despite 

 competition from Canada, the Alaskan industry still believes that the agreement 

 will expand its export business. 



American Agriculture Movement, Inc. 



Concerns with NAFTA that it would accelerate displacement of family farmers in 

 all three countries; forfeit U.S. control over domestic farm policy; shift U.S. agri- 

 culture production to Mexico; move food processing facilities southward; overburden 

 border food inspection; and replace farm experts with bureaucrats in trade dispute 

 resolution. It recommends a GAO study on impact of NAFTA; farmer trade adjust- 

 ment assistance; and farmer representation on NAFTA committees/working groups. 



The American Beekeeping Federation, Inc. 



Does not support the agreement. The U.S. industry cannot compete with imported 

 honey from low-cost, developing nations. Implementing legislation must provide: 1) 

 enforcement of rules of origin; 2) USDA should conduct studies on the impact honey 

 imports will have on the domestic industry and the loan program, and the value 

 of bee pollination to U.S. agriculture; 3) increase the U.S. honey import tariff to 20 

 percent; and 4) if tariff is not increased, the buyback rate of the honey loan program 

 should be lowered or the support rate increasea. 



American Cotton Shippers Association 



It recommends that the NAFTA be approved. Because of the high quality of Amer- 

 ican cotton, ACSA believes that domestic and Mexican mills will continue to use 

 U.S. cotton. There is some fear that spinning and weaving mills may move, but 

 since these operations require a highly skilled labor force, ACSA believes that they 

 will stay in the United States. Its main concern is the fate of Section 22 import 

 quotas. 



AMCOT 



The main concerns of AMCOT is that the agreement eliminates Section 22 import 

 quotas and does not include a fiber forward rule of origin. Without a fiber forward 

 provision, imports of raw cotton, particularly from the former Soviet Union and 

 Pakistan, will be imported, and Canada and Mexico will export the finished prod- 

 ucts to the United States. 



American Dairy Products Institute 



The agreement will be a benefit to the U.S. dairy industry, but there are many 

 issues of concern. Canadian exports of nonfat dry milk should not be allowed to com- 

 pete with U.S. exports to Mexico, and present quality standards must be enforced. 

 The industry is especially concerned about the elimination of Section 22. The tariff 

 rate quota and rules of origin should sufficiently protect the market from disruptive 

 levels of dairy imports. Its concern is that this concession will be connected to the 

 GATT negotiations, and it could weaken our ability to maintain a waiver for Section 

 22. 



American Farm Bureau Federation 



Supports the agreement. It is particularly concerned about the agreement's im- 

 pact on several commodities (especially fruits, vegetables, sugar and peanuts). 

 Would support changes in NAFTA for transitional safeguards, if can be done with- 

 out weakening the benefits to other sectors or requiring renegotiation of the entire 

 agreement. If not in the agreement, will support implementing legislation to 

 strengthen transitional safeguards, consistent with the terms of NAFTA. 



American Farmland Trust 



AFT believes that if NAFTA is to be beneficial to American agriculture it must 

 include a commitment to preserve strategic agricultural resources in the United 

 States. This is a condition it requires of any trade agreement, not only NAFTA. Pro- 

 viding the necessary funding for existing farmland protection policies, like the 

 Farms for the Future Act, is essential. 



American Feed Industry Association 



AFIA sees the opening of world markets as the key to the feed industry's growth, 

 and Mexico and other Latin American countries have the greatest potential for im- 

 mediate gains. AFIA's members have voiced general support for the agreement, and 

 they expect grain, oilseeds, dairy, meat and other agricultural trade with Mexico to 

 increase by $1.5 to $2 billion a year. They believe the increase in demand will gen- 

 erate major poultry production growth in the Southern and Western States, and 

 swine feed plants will locate in Mexico or the United States, depending on ingredi- 

 ent and distribution costs. 



