WASHINGTON — The USDA announced on Dec. 23, a significant jump in ethanol exports to China for 2015, following a USDA-led trade mission to the country in 2014.
Representatives from nine state departments of agriculture and 28 U.S. companies, including renewable fuels businesses, traveled to northeast China to explore opportunities for trade in the region.
China is the largest market for U.S. food and farm products — U.S. agricultural exports to the country tripled over the last decade, now accounting for nearly 20 percent of all foreign sales of U.S. agricultural products.
"Our objective for every trade. . .