ITC Hearing 4/21/09

Summary

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into the effects of tariff and nontariff measures on U.S. agricultural exports to India.

The investigation, India: Effects of Tariff and Nontariff Measures on U.S. Agricultural Exports, was requested by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

In its letter requesting the investigation, received on January 13, 2009, the Committee stated: "U.S. agriculture depends on reliable access to global markets. Strong economic growth in developing countries like India presents opportunities for U.S. agricultural exports.... While U.S. exporters can provide individual examples of trade measures that prevent their sales to India, the extent to which trade and investment measures account for the disproportionately low U.S. share of India's agricultural imports remains largely undocumented."