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Issues Surr3unding the Management of Agricultiiral Exports.
ID-76-87; B-176943. May 2, 1977. 2 vols. (v.1, 127 pp.; v.2, 115
pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Food: Federal Invclvement iz U.S. Agricultural
Commercial Export Sales (17.14).
Contact: International Div.
Budget Function: Agriculture (350).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Agriculture; Council of
Economic Advisers.
Congressional Relevance: Congress.
Authority: Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended; Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973, sec. 812 (P.L. 93-86; 7
U.S.C. 612c-3 (Supp. IV)). Export Administration Act of
1969, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401-2413; 50 U.S.C. App.
2403(F) (Supp. IV)). B-114824 (1974). B-178753 (1974).
B-159652 (1974). B-146770 (1975). B-133160 (1975).
Interviews, questionnaires, and literature reviews were
utilized in an attempt to describe and evaluate: (1)
circumstances surrounding 1974 and 1975 grain purchase by the
Soviet Union; (2) Agricu~turevs maaagement of its export
reporting system; (3) Agriculture's forecasting of foreign
supply and demand; and (4) exeutive branch agricultural export
policy and related issues. Findings/Conclusions: Fundamental
improvements are needed in the Nation's food ezpoTt machinery.
The Department of Agriculture's export reportinq system needs to
provide accurate and timely da4a on exports--a necessary input
LE the effects on dcmestic supply and price ar to be minimized.
Current elements of export policy zeed to be more complet.e and
cohesive and need tc provids the flexibility necessary to meet
both domestic and international objectives and changing food
supply and demand situations. Export policy implementation needs
more coordination, cohesion, and better timing.
Recommendations: The Congress should enact legislation providing
for an improved export reporting system that will function as an
effective early-warning system. Congress should also establish a
food export policy that protects the interests of both producers
and consulters, while simultaneously providing an effective
policy mechanism for surplus and shortage market conditions.
That policy should also clarify the Government's position on
grain sales to nonmaiket economies, including the desirability
of such mechanisms as long-term agreements and
government-to-government negotiations. The question of a
national grain reserve, the role of multinational grain
exporters in U.S. marketing, and the role that could be played
in grain exporting by U.S. grain cooperatives should also be
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