Trade and Investment Mission Leaves Monday for Peru
Twenty companies traveling to South America on trade mission.
Compiled by staff
Published: Jan 31, 2011
USDA's Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse leads 20 U.S. companies on an Agribusiness Trade and Investment Mission to Lima, Peru, beginning Monday. The group will meet with 150 Peruvian and Ecuadorian entrepreneurs and buyers to develop business ties and explore opportunities for joint ventures.
Scuse says Peru and Ecuador have experienced a decade of political, social and economic change that has created a dynamic environment for economic growth. Both are keen on expanding trade and investment with the United States, as well as with other Pacific-Rim countries through the Trans-Pacific Partnership to which the United States is a party. According to Scuse, this mission provides an excellent opportunity for U.S. agribusinesses to make contacts, exchange information, and sign sales agreements.
The U.S. companies on the mission are both large and small, representing the full range of food and agricultural products from bulk commodities to consumer-ready food products, as well as transportation and logistics providers, agricultural equipment suppliers, and clean energy manufacturers. These U.S. companies will meet face-to-face with Peruvian and Ecuadorian producers, importers, buyers, distributors, and investors.
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