IMPORT DATA WILL HELP COOPERATIVES
IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE SOURCES TO LOWER FARM INPUT COSTS. MARKETING
COOPERATIVES AND COOPERATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WILL USE THIS
DATA TO PROMOTE TRADE WITH COOPERATIVES AND DEVELOP EXPO MARKETING
STRATEGIES, EXPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING COUNTERTRADE. WITH
COOPERATIVE EXPORT DATA COLLECTED IN 1985, ACS CAN EVALUATE POLICY
ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING THOSE PROPOSED AT GATT, AND THEIR IMPACT
ON
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