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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is expanding activities and services in Burma with the opening of a new Office of Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon.
With a new presence in Rangoon, FAS now has a network of 94 offices at U.S. Embassies and diplomatic missions around the world, covering 171 countries.
The past seven years have represented the strongest period in history for American agricultural exports, with international sales of U.S. farm and food products totaling $911.4 billion between fiscal years 2009 and 2015. USDA's ongoing efforts to knock down trade barriers to U.S. exports have led to the reopening of markets in more than 18 countries. In 2016 alone, Saudi Arabian and Peruvian markets reopened for U.S. beef, the South Korean market reopened for U.S. poultry, and the South African market reopened to U.S. poultry, pork and beef.
