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ID-83-48 1 (1983-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmzi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 7 o WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION MAY 18, 1983 B-2 11734 RESTRICTED - Not to be released outsde the General Account'mr 011e expcpt en the LAS of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations., __ The Honorable Vic Fazio RELEASED The Honorable Euene Chappie 1111l111U The Honorable Tony Coelho 121490 House of Representatives Subject: U.S. Government Actions Affecting Rice Sales to Korea (GAO/ID-83-48) At your request, we reviewed the actions of U.S. Government agencies concerning certain Japanese and commercial U.S. sales of rice to Korea. We specifically looked at the 1980 U.S.-Japan Rice tUnderstandinq, the 1980 emergency exceptions granted for Japanese sales to the Republic of Korea, and the implementation of Korean commitments to buy U.S. 1980 and 1981 crop rice. Our objectives were to determine the facts concerning these matters and the roles of U.S. agencies, principally the Depart- ments of Agriculture and State. We reviewed the February 1981 and March 1982 hearings of the Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar, House Committee on Agriculture, and available files at Agriculture and State for 1980 through March 14, 1983 and inter- viewed cognizant officials of these departments and former offi- cials of Agriculture. In your request, you sugcested that the rice matter may prove useful as a case study in the U.S. Govern- ment's involvement with the export of commodities. on the basis of our review, we concluded that this issue does not provide a case study from which generalizations may be drawn about other commodities and export markets, because the history of U.S. rice sales to Korea, the producer-exporter relationships, and the U.S.-Japan Rice Understandinq are unique. We did not directly review the role of U.S. private sector entities in Korean rice sales because some of these private parties are involved in liti- qation and, as a matter of policy, we do not investigate areas under active litigation. Information about this litigation is contained in the March 11 and 16, 1982, hearings before the Sub- committee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar. We performed our review in accordance with generally accepted Government audit standards. (483365)

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