Trade

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is contacting the industry with information about a new protocol for shipping citrus fruit to New Zealand.  USDA’s Animal and Plant Health [...]

On Wednesday, October 15th California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) announced the dates for the first copper application for shipments to Korea. See the information below: “This is an advisory [...]

California Citrus Mutual commends the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) for the actions they recently [...]

On July 17, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced 25 new trade advisors. Among them was California Citrus Mutual President [...]

(Washington, D.C., July 1, 2020) – Today, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters into force, replacing the decades-old NAFTA. USMCA is a better deal for America’s farmers, [...]

Its official, summer is here! “School” is finished, and the majority of this season’s crop is harvested.  This season presented many ups and downs, and it is nice to finish on a positive note. [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from eligible organizations for fiscal year 2021 funding for five export market development programs. [...]

<strong>From the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS</strong>) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection [...]

The break the citrus industry needed is likely to come soon as China announced on Tuesday the tariff exemption process that will be effective March 2, 2020. The high tariffs going into China had [...]

CCM President Casey Creamer held meetings last week with top trade officials within the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The messages were [...]