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Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:00

The U.S. Grains Council strives to open doors to new and expand existing markets around the world. Chris Corry, senior director of international operations for Rest of the World, was recently interviewed by Meghan Grebner, Agri-Business director for WMBD/WIRL Illinois Agri-Business News, about the Council’s work in discovering new markets, specifically in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). “I recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and uncovered several opportunities not only for U.S. corn but also for U.S. distiller’s dried grains,” said Corry. In the late 1990s, as the government got out of the grains trading business, U.S. market share began to decline. Corry said the Council has been focused in recent months on getting market share back up in the KSA. “We’re trying to introduce other products that can only be obtained from the United States,” he said of the Council’s strategy. To hear the full interview, click here.
 

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