Category: Trade

NPC and state potato organizations joined more than 200 ag groups on a letter urging President Trump to give China time to fulfill their promises to increase purchases of...

In a letter sent this week to USDA Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney, NPC cautioned that the growing international stocks of fresh and processed potatoes could trigger “irrational surges...

Japan will again lower tariffs on imports of U.S. products on April 1, 2020. The tariff on U.S. frozen fries will shrink to 2.1%, and the tariff on U.S....

Trade agreement includes historic protocol that allows the importation of U.S. fresh chipping potatoes from the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (MAFF) informed USDA that U.S. chipping potatoes will be allowed to enter year-round, starting Feb. 14, 2020.

The National Potato Council cheered today’s signing of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact, expected to stabilize the U.S. potato export markets of Canada and Mexico by both eliminating...

The National Potato Council welcomed the signing of the Phase One Agreement reached between the United States and China, expected to reduce tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of American...

The National Potato Council today lauded U.S. House passage of legislation ratifying the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). By eliminating retaliatory tariffs, ratification of USMCA could lead to additional growth opportunities...

Today, the National Potato Council cheered the passage of the U.S.-Japan Agreement on Agricultural Trade by Japan’s Upper House. Today’s action will restore tariff reductions and place the...