USDA Traveling to West Africa in Effort to Increase US Exports

October 29, 2019 |Other U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is leading a trade mission to West Africa to try to expand markets for U.S. exporters, the USDA said in an Oct. 25 press release. The trade mission includes Stephen Censky, deputy secretary of agriculture, and officials from more than 40 U.S. companies and trade groups. USDA will travel to Ghana and will hear from buyer groups based in Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal. The USDA released a report on the opportunities for U.S. exporters in West Africa (see 1910250023) and recently returned from a trade mission to Vietnam (see 1910180052).