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White House Staff and Office Files - National Security Council - Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs - Schwartz, Eric - Rwanda II, 1994-1996

Government administration of export licensing is potentially damaging to the export business because management is spread among many agencies. The resulting lack of accountability and the delay and uncertainty in the decision-making process can cause exporters to lose sales even if a license is subsequently approved. To increase accountability, export license management responsibility should be concentrated in the Department of Commerce. An expor... Government administration of export licensing is potentially damaging to the export business because management is spread among many agencies. The resulting lack of accountability and the delay and uncertainty in the decision-making process can cause exporters to lose sales even if a license is subsequently approved. To increase accountability, export license management responsibility should be concentrated in the Department of Commerce. An export control policy which balances national security, foreign, and international trade policies should be developed by a high-level multiagency committee. The Department of Commerce should apply this control policy in its review of export applications. Show more Show less

The study is the first to present a broad statistical picture of operations of exporting cooperatives. Included are data pertaining to dollar volumes, destinations, and cooperative shares of total U.S. agricultural export volumes, plus information about marketing channels, foreign offices and representatives, delivery and payment terms of sale, and modes of transportation. In 1976,73 cooperatives exported agricultural commodities valued at more t... The study is the first to present a broad statistical picture of operations of exporting cooperatives. Included are data pertaining to dollar volumes, destinations, and cooperative shares of total U.S. agricultural export volumes, plus information about marketing channels, foreign offices and representatives, delivery and payment terms of sale, and modes of transportation. In 1976,73 cooperatives exported agricultural commodities valued at more than $3.3 billion. Included were direct exports of $2 billion and indirect exports valued at $1.3 billion. Hundreds of other farmer cooperatives were involved in direct exporting by moving commodities from farms to assembly points for ultimate delivery to foreign countries. Show more Show less

This volume is comprised of three background reports in the form of appendixes. The first is "Future Demand for Gas: Implications for LNG Policy," by Steven C. Carhart; the second is "North American Oil and Gas Resources and Production Potential," by Fern Racine Gold; and Appendix III is "Imported Liquefied Natural Gas: Projects, Supply, Consumption," by Jensen Associates, Inc.