Interesting Facts About the Popcorn Board Popcorn and export! With the United States. It produces about 500,000 tons of popcorn a year and about 100,000 tons of exports, needs someone who is very fond of this snack control. And that's where Congress comes in. We, the United States to have on board popcorn. The Popcorn Board is working to inform consumers about the research, promotion and economic importance of the popcorn popcorn.The is to inform Council of nine persons employed.
The panel is of processors, selected theusually distributed over 4 million pounds of popcorn per year. The Minister of Agriculture appointed members from a list submitted by the industry itself. The Board is funded by assessments on all processors and limited to individual assessments of $ 81,000.
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) controls the management of the administration.
The Popcorn Board is a U.S. act of consumer information, signed by President Clinton. President Clinton to a big fan of popcornsigned into law on April 4, 1996.The Act TITLE 7> CHAPTER 101> SUBCHAPTER V> - 7481 and 'commonly known as the Information Act, the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and consumers.
Congress states that-
* Popcorn is an important food that is a valuable part of human nutrition;
* The production and processing of popcorn plays a significant role in the U.S. economy in the popcorn is processed by several popcorn, distributed through wholesale and retailOutlets, and consumed by millions of people in the United States and other countries;
* Popcorn must be of high quality, easily accessible, adequate and effective to ensure that the benefits of popcorn are available for marketing people in the United States;
* The maintenance and expansion of markets and existing applications and develop new markets and applications for popcorn are vital to the welfare of people with processors and marketing, use andThe production of popcorn for the market, as well as for the agricultural economy of the United States;
* To achieve the cooperative development, financing and implementation of a coordinated program of promotion popcorn, research, information and consumer information associated with the industry and expand markets for popcorn;
* Popcorn is moving in interstate and international commerce, and popcorn that does not move in the channels of trade are directly charged or affected interstate commercePopcorn.
The last Census of Agriculture indicates that domestic production was about 996,000,000 pounds in 1997.
Popcorn is grown in 25 states. The top 5 of the largest producers in 1997 were Nebraska (27%), Indiana (21%), Illinois (13%), Ohio (9%) and Missouri (6%).
Popcorn is exported to over 90 countries. In 1999, the two main export markets were Mexico (17% exported) and Canada (which exports 14%). Other important export markets are Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain,Italy, Thailand, Korea, Denmark, the Philippines and Japan.
Most of the world's popcorn is the United States. Small amounts are usually imported from Canada and Argentina.
