Idaho officials heading to Mexico to boost trade with state
Idaho business and political leaders traveling to Mexico next month for a trade mission want to lure more rich foreign tourists to the state, boost exports of products such as software and help put an end to Mexican trade restrictions on fresh potatoes that have dented sales of Idaho’s trademark tuber.
The trip is set for Dec. 3 through Dec. 10, and a delegation of 68 people will accompany Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who earlier this year spent two weeks in Asia on a trade mission to that region.
This is the fourth time in the last seven years that Kempthorne has taken Idaho business leaders to Mexico, which is now the state’s ninth-largest foreign trading partner, ahead of South Korea. Idaho sells about $100 million worth of products to Mexican buyers every year, with a third of that coming from agricultural products such as potatoes.
Still, fresh potato exports have dropped 58 percent to $1.35 million a year ago from $3.2 million in 2002. That’s because three years ago, Mexico limited imports of U.S. potatoes to a 16-mile area along the border with the United States amid fears that diseases brought across the frontier could damage Mexico’s own crop.
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Trade Mission In Mexico
Governor Dirk Kempthorne is ready to leave the country to visit Idaho's ninth largest trade partner. The delegation of 70 departs in the morning for Mexico. Companies like Premier Technology will visit Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City over the next week. Many Eastern Idaho-based companies are pursuing increased business, educational, and tourism opportunities.
This is a second trade mission for Premier Technology. Mike Ryan says his colleagues have just returned from Asia, following up on their visit in May.
Mike Ryan, Premier Technology, Inc. owner: "Two of my partners are in Taiwan right now following up from the last
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