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092476 1 (1971-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwke0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INThENATIONAL DVIStON NOV 2 9 1971 Dear Mr. Drake: The General Accounting Office has completed a review of the coordination between the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture in the handling of private trade opportunities received from overseas posts. We noted a situati.onduring our review which we wish to bring to your attention. During fiscal year 1970 the Business Opportunities Staff of the Bureau of Domestic Commerce received from overseas posts 373 trade opportunities for agricultural type commodities. They included cotton, grains, and other field crops; food and kindred products, such as meats, dairy products, and grain mill products and represented potential initial sales of over $50,000 each in many cases. Our examination of a sample of nine opportunities showed they were sent by the Business Opportunities Staff to industry-specialists in the Office of Consumer Goods Division and published in Commerce Today. Discussions with these industry specialists showed that trade oppor- tunities are not routinely forwarded to business firns or trade associations to act on. The exceptions being the few identified for special handling. The specialists explained that by the time they receive a copy of the opportunity from the Business Opportunities Staff it has already been published in Commerce Today; consequently they felt there was little to gain by sending it out to anyone. Since agricultural type commodities appeared to be within the area of expertness that Agriculture possesses, we inquired whether officials of the agency were cognizant of the opportunities received by Commerce and whether Agriculture could make effective use of them. We found that Agriculture instituted a computerized program in June 1971 to disseminate opportunities received from Agricultural Attaches in U. S. posts to specific U. S. exporters. In.addition, opportunities were published in the weekly newsletter, Export Briefs, which is circulated to state agriculture marketing directors, Commerce field offices, and market development co-operators (trade associations). In some cases, agricultural opportunities are sent in to Commerce by commercial officers 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971

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