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U.S. Agricultural Exports: Factors Affecting Competitiveness in World Markets

RCED-87-35BR Published: Oct 09, 1986. Publicly Released: Nov 03, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO addressed the issues of: (1) declining U.S. agricultural exports; and (2) waning U.S. competitiveness in the world agricultural market. GAO defined competitiveness as the ability to sell U.S. products in the world market at a level sufficient to sustain the U.S. market share.

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