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| **Countries****Commodities****Exporter        Assistance****News & Info****Programs****Trade Policy**Applications Open for MAP, FMD ProgramsWASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The        USDA today announced that applications for the FY 1999 Market Access Program (MAP) and the        FY 2000 Foreign Market Development (Cooperator) Program are due March 26.  Both        programs help expand commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities.New Items Online******Federal            Register Notices**Feb**.**1            1Announcement            of the FY 2000 Foreign Market            Development Cooperator Program Announcement of the FY 1999 Market             Access Program******Scheduled Reports This Week**Feb.1            4World Horticultural Trade and            U.S. Export OpportunitiesWeekly Export Sales Reports******World Market and Trade Circulars**Jan.29Tobacco: World            Markets and TradeFeb.1Organic Perspectives, January 19991U.S. Planting Seed Trade, January            1999******World Market and Trade Feature Reports**Jan.
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29            1Slight FY 1998 Decline in U.S.            Horticultural Exports Is only First in 13 YearsChinese            Tobacco Production (pdf format)Calfornia Freeze Reduces U.S. Fresh            Orange Exports/World Citrus Situation******International Job Opportunities********Russia Food Assistance Package********Upcoming Events**--            --Agricultural            Outlook Forum 1999USDA Trade Shows*Latest update:Tuesday, February 02, 1999 03:57:45 PM*
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