According to a press release issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the United States has signed another agreement on reciprocal trade, this one with El Salvador.
USTR Jamieson Greer and El Salvador’s Minister of Economy Maria Luisa Hayem signed the agreement that, according to a USTR fact sheet, commits El Salvador to addressing and preventing barriers to U.S. agricultural products in its market, including fumigation requirements, facility registration, product registration and acceptance of currently agreed certificates issued by U.S. regulatory authorities.
In response, Ryan LeGrand, U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council president & CEO, said:
“The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council is pleased to see the first agreement on reciprocal trade in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. corn and distiller’s dried grains with solubles exports to El Salvador are up 124 and 98 percent, respectively, in the first quarter of the 2025/2026 marketing year, and with the agreement signed today, we hope we will continue to see a rise in trade for those products and others the Council represents.”
“Our thanks to Trade Representative Greer, the USTR and the Administration for continuing to make trade easier for the U.S. in El Salvador and around the world.”
