The USITC is considering punitive duties after finding “reasonable indication” of economic harm from Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel imports.The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) voted today to proceed on an investigation into the charge that biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia have done damage to the U.S. industry. In its statement, the commission noted “a reasonable indication” that there has been economic injury to the U.S. biodiesel industry “by reason of imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.”On 23 March, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) filed an antidumping and countervailing duty petition against both cou...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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