Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§7257 Authority to Assist in Establishment and Maintenance of One or More Export Trading Companies
Title 7 › CHAPTER 100 — AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION › SUBCHAPTER IV — OTHER COMMODITIES › Part A — Dairy › § 7257
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must give the U.S. dairy industry the advice and help it needs to create and run one or more export trading companies under the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). This help must follow the United States’ World Trade Organization commitments and is meant to grow foreign markets for and increase exports of dairy products made in the United States.
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Title 7, §7257
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall, consistent with the obligations of the United States as a member of the World Trade Organization, provide such advice and assistance to the United States dairy industry as may be necessary to enable that industry to establish and maintain one or more export trading companies under the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) for the purpose of facilitating the international market development for and exportation of dairy products produced in the United States.
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The Export Trading Company Act of 1982, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 97–290, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1233, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 4001 et seq.) of chapter 66 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 4001 of Title 15 and Tables.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 7257
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102