2001 Industry News Releases

Congress Approves $75 Million In Market Loss Assistance For Apple Growers (November 15, 2001)
The U.S. Senate today approved the final 2002 agricultural appropriations bill, which provides apple growers with $75 million in much-needed assistance to compensate for losses suffered during the 2000 crop year. The final bill, which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 13, is now headed to the White House for President George W. Bush’s signature.

Conference Committee Approves $75 Million In Assistance For Apple Growers (November 8, 2001)
The joint House-Senate agricultural appropriations conference committee today agreed to a compromise agriculture-spending bill for fiscal 2002 that provides $75 million in market loss assistance for apple growers, reducing by half the $150 million previously approved by the House of Representatives.

Commerce Department Closes Chinese Apple Juice Concentrate Import Loophole (October 2, 2001)
The U.S. Department of Commerce will apply antidumping duties of up to 52 percent on all forms of non-frozen Chinese apple juice concentrate, including semi-frozen concentrate.

USDA Announces Intent to Purchase An Additional 387,000 Cartons of Fresh Apples (September 19, 2001)
USDA's impending buys will increase total 2001 apple crop purchases to roughly 825,000 cartons purchased for school lunch and domestic feeding programs.

USApple Elects Officers, Announces New Board Members (September 18, 2001)
USApple recently elected a new slate of officers at its Board of Trustees meeting held in conjunction with the Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference in Chicago. In addition, association members elected six trustees during USApple’s annual meeting, held Aug. 17.

USApple's Naasz Appointed to Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee (September 18, 2001)
USApple President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig R. Naasz has been appointed to represent the apple industry’s international trade interests on the U.S. Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade (ATAC), offering detailed trade policy advice to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick.

USApple Promotes Daly to Vice President of Public Relations (September 18, 2001)
USApple today announced the promotion of Julia Stewart Daly to the position of vice president of public relations, where she will manage the association’s national apple nutrition research and promotion program.

Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Apple Assistance (July 25, 2001)
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee approved legislation to provide the nation’s apple growers with $150 million in direct market loss assistance payments.

Apple Crop Loss Program Sign-Up Slated to Begin Aug. 13 (July 23, 2001)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to initiate sign-up for the crop and quality loss assistance program for U.S. apple growers on Monday, Aug. 13. The program provides $38 million to help offset a portion of the quality losses sustained by the nation’s apple growers to their 1999 and 2000 crops.

USApple Announces Speakers for 2001 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference (July 12, 2001)
The U.S. Apple Association’s (USApple) 2001 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference, to be held Aug. 16-17 at Chicago’s Fairmont Hotel, will feature national and world apple industry experts addressing a range of current marketing topics.

House Approves $150 Million in Market Loss Assistance for Apple Growers (July 11, 2001)
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to provide the nation’s apple growers with $150 million in market loss assistance. Specifically, the $15.7 billion House agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal 2002 (H.R. 2330) allocates $150 million to offset a portion of the losses apple growers sustained in marketing the 2000 apple crop.

U.S. Apple Industry Seeks Higher Antidumping Duties on Chinese Apple Juice Concentrate (June 29, 2001)
The U.S. apple industry requested that the U.S. government increase antidumping duties on imported apple juice concentrate from the People’s Republic of China, charging that Chinese concentrate suppliers are still illegally dumping their product in the U.S. market and harming U.S. producers.

USDA Announces Food Aid Apple Purchase for Underprivileged Russians (June 22, 2001)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to purchase over 100,000 bushels of apples as part of the Food for Progress agreement with the Global Jewish Assistance and Relief Network (GJARN). Apples were included as the first ever produce buy.

USApple Endorses Trade Promotion Authority (June 18, 2001)
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) joined more than 75 other food and agricultural groups in endorsing President George W. Bush’s request for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).

U.S. Apple Industry Allocated Nearly $3 Million in Market Access Promotion Funds (June 14, 2001)
The U.S. apple industry’s 2001 crop export promotion efforts will welcome nearly $3 million in additional support, compliments of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Market Access Program (MAP).

House Appropriations Committee Approves Apple Assistance (June 13, 2001)
The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment providing $150 million to compensate U.S. apple growers for devastating market losses sustained during the 2000 crop year.

Congress Introduces $250 Million in Market Loss Assistance for Apple Growers (June 12, 2001)
Members of Congress from key apple producing states today introduced legislation to provide $250 million to compensate U.S. apple growers for market losses sustained during the 2000 crop year.

U.S. Apple Association Opposes Weakening of U.S. Trade Remedy Laws (May 9, 2001)
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is urging Congress to oppose efforts by U.S. trading partners to weaken U.S. antidumping and other remedial trade laws during upcoming international trade negotiations.

U.S.Apple Industry Requests Greater Enforcement of Duties on Chinese Apple Juice Concentrate (April 19, 2001)
The U.S. Apple Industry requested that the U.S. Department of Commerce extend antidumping duties on Chinese imports to prevent Chinese suppliers from further injuring the U.S. industry by illegally evading the duties.

2001 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference Scheduled For August 16-17 in Chicago (April 17, 2001)
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) announced today that its 2001 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference will be held Aug. 16-17 at Chicago’s Fairmont Hotel.

Tree-Fruit Technical Advisory Council Formed (March 28, 2001)
Technical experts associated with the U.S. deciduous tree fruit industry today announced formation of the “Tree-Fruit Technical Advisory Council,” to address sanitary and phytosanitary issues affecting imports of apples, pears, sweet cherries and other similar tree fruits.

Congress Requests USDA to Withdrawal Korean Fuji Import Proposal (March 27, 2001)
Members of Congress today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withdrawal a proposed rule that would relax import requirements for Fuji apples from the Republic of Korea, by removing current safeguards designed to prevent the introduction of harmful tree-fruit pests present in that country.

Congress Urges USDA To Buy More Apples and Apple Products (March 21, 2001)
Members of Congress today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include more apples and apple products in the nation's school lunches and other domestic feeding programs, to assist America's struggling apple growers and improve the health of the nation's school children.

Apple Market Loss Assistance Sign-Up Begins Thursday (March 6, 2001)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will announce the implementation of the $100 million market loss assistance payment program for U.S. apple growers on Thursday, March 8.

USApple Meets with Secretary Veneman, Ambassador Zoellick (March. 1, 2001)
Representatives of the U.S. Apple Association (USApple) met with Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman on Feb. 23 to discuss several of the apple industry’s most pressing issues.