---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1748"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1748"
heading: "Annual reports by agricultural attachés"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1748"
units:
  - "Chapter 42 — Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside"
---

# §1748. Annual reports by agricultural attachés

- (a) **In general—** The Secretary shall require appropriate officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture, including those stationed in foreign countries, to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary detailed reports that—
  - (1) document the nature and extent of—
    - (A) programs in such countries that provide direct or indirect government support for the export of [agricultural commodities](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1) and the products thereof;
    - (B) other trade practices that may impede the entry of [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) [agricultural commodities](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1) and the products thereof into such countries; and
    - (C) where practicable, the average prices and costs of production in such countries for like [commodities](/usc/7/1a.md?p=9) exported from the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) to such countries; and
  - (2) identify opportunities for the export of [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) [agricultural commodities](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1) and the products thereof to such countries.
- (b) **Duties—** The Secretary shall—
  - (1) annually compile the information contained in reports prepared under [subsection (a)](#a)—
    - (A) on a country by country basis; and
    - (B) on a [commodity](/usc/7/1a.md?p=9) by [commodity](/usc/7/1a.md?p=9) basis for exports of [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) [agricultural commodities](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1), as determined appropriate by the Secretary, the export of which is hampered by an unfair trade practice. Where practicable, the report shall include a comparison of the average prices and costs of production for such [commodities](/usc/7/1a.md?p=9) in the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) and in the importing countries for the previous crop year;
  - (2) in consultation with the agricultural technical [advisory committees](/usc/7/8101.md?p=2) established under [section 2155(c) of title 19](/usc/19/2155.md?p=c), include in the compilation a priority ranking of those trade barriers identified in [subsection (a)](#a) by [commodity](/usc/7/1a.md?p=9) group;
  - (3) include in the compilation a list of actions undertaken to reduce or eliminate such trade barriers; and
  - (4) not later than January 15 of each year, make the compilation available to Congress, the agricultural policy [advisory committee](/usc/7/8101.md?p=2), and other interested parties.
- (c) **Meeting—** The Secretary and the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) Trade Representative shall convene a meeting, at least once each year, of the Agricultural Policy [Advisory Committee](/usc/7/8101.md?p=2) and the agricultural technical [advisory committees](/usc/7/8101.md?p=2) to develop specific recommendations for actions to be taken by the Federal Government and private industry to—
  - (1) reduce or eliminate trade barriers or distortions identified in the annual reports required to be submitted under subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b); and
  - (2) expand [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) agricultural export opportunities identified in such annual reports.

## Source credit

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title I, § 108, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1532, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3689; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, §§ 316–318, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856, 1857; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 272, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–127 struck out “including fruits, vegetables, legumes, popcorn and ducks” after “agricultural commodities”.

1991—Pub. L. 102–237, § 316, made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 101–624, § 1532, which enacted this section, resulting in no change in text.

Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 102–237, § 317, substituted a semicolon for period at end.

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102–237, § 318, struck out “the trade assistance office authorized under section 504 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (as amended by section 201),” after “available to Congress,”.