# Japan Agreement Creates Opportunity for U.S. Sorghum Farmers - Smart Food

> The US and Japan signed an agreement that eliminates or reduces tariffs on $7.2 billion of US food and farm products, including the 3 percent tariff on grain sorghum. The sorghum tariff elimination is expected to take effect in January 2020.

- Date: 2019-10-01 · published 2019-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Japan · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56623-japan-agreement-creates-opportunity-for-u-s-sorghum-farmers-smart-food
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Duty-free access to Japan should support US sorghum export demand, mainly for Japanese poultry feed, modestly lifting sorghum prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- smartfood.org: https://www.smartfood.org/project/japan-agreement-creates-opportunity-for-u-s-sorghum-farmers/

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