• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Business / Iowa trade delegation preparing for trip to Vietnam, Philippines

Iowa trade delegation preparing for trip to Vietnam, Philippines

February 20, 2013 By Dar Danielson

An Iowa trade delegation will leave for Vietnam Friday in hopes of boosting exports. The executive director of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Rich Degner, will be on the trip and says they already have massive pork sales abroad.

“We have pork packing plants all across the state of Iowa and almost all of them are involved in exporting. We don’t talk about it a great publicly, but there’s $1.5-billion of pork being exported globally from Iowa. That’s a lot of pork,” Degner says. The pork delegates have scheduled in-country briefings and will survey everything from traditional markets to the gourmet and hotel industries.

The Japanese buy more Iowa pork than any other country, and Degner says there is a lot of room for growth in Vietnam. “The Asian community they’re great friends of ours because they like pork, we have quite a bit of room for growth, hopefully as the TPP the Trans Pacific Partnership comes about we can increase our trade with Vietnam,” Degner says.

Along with the pork, the Iowans will try to market other agricultural products and used trucks. Iowa Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds will lead the 10-day trade mission of about 20 business and state officials.

The delegation will also size up new business opportunities in the Philippines before returning home next month.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Business, News Tagged With: Trade

Featured Stories

Governor ends public airing of state agency budget requests

Former Manchester hospital CEO given suspended 10-year sentence

After 70 years, southwest Iowa woman files final ‘Up a Country Lane’ column

Sioux City residents can once again own pit bulls

Meth use in Iowa surges; all-time high number seek treatment

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State’s Campbell agrees to contract extension

Epenesa and Duncan honored by B1G

Iowa’s Nunge sidelined by knee injury

State board proposes changes for sports eligibility, creation of summer dead period

Iowa’s Epenesa honored by B1G

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2019 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC