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THE U.S. MEAT EXPORT FEDERATION WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS 

 APPRECIATION TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AGRICULTURE AND 

 HUNGER AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, JUSTICE, 

 TRANSPORTATION AND AGRICULTURE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT 

 OPERATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR VIEWS ON THE 

 FUTURE PARTNERSHIP OF U.S. AGRICULTURE AND THE FOREIGN 

 AGRICULTURAL SERVICE (FAS) IN EXPANDING FUTURE U.S. AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPORTS. 



THE U.S. RED MEAT INDUSTRY AND THE FAS HAVE ENJOYED A 

 PRODUCTIVE AND FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP IN EXPANDING FOREIGN 

 MARKETS FOR RED MEATS OVER THE PAST DECADES, AND THE 

 PERFORMANCE OF RED MEAT EXPORTS IN RECENT YEARS BEARS THIS OUT. 

 TOTAL RED MEAT EXPORTS WORTH $740 MILLION IN 1986 HAVE EXHIBITED 

 EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL EXCEED $3 BILLION THIS YEAR. USMEFS 

 LONG-RANGE PLAN PREDICTS THAT RED MEAT EXPORTS CAN REACH 

 $8 BILLION (1993 DOLLARS) BY 2001 IF THE U.S CAN MAINTAIN ITS 

 MOMENTUM. SIMPLY STATED, RED MEATS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE 

 FASTEST GROWING AGRICULTURAL EXPORT CATEGORIES OVER THE LAST 

 DECADE. PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER GROWTH ARE BRIGHT AS TRADE 

 BARRIERS DECLINE, WORLD POPULATION INCREASES, AND ECONOMIC 



