Ricketts Travels to Germany on Trade Mission
Berlin, Germany – Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is leading a trade mission this week to Germany to promote Nebraska’s quality agricultural products and to thank German companies for creating jobs in Nebraska.
The governor and trade delegation began the mission in Berlin, where they met with government officials and hosted a reception for University of Nebraska alumni, business officials and other friends of Nebraska.
Delegates on the mission include representatives from the Department of Economic Development, Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Energy, University of Nebraska, Nebraska Farm Bureau, Omaha Public Power District, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and several ag and manufacturing businesses.
Preferred Popcorn, a popcorn manufacturer headquartered in Chapman, Nebraska, inked a new trade agreement as part of the trade mission. The new agreement grows Preferred Popcorn’s relationship with Germany-based Haase Foods. Nebraska is the largest producer of popcorn in the United States with over 353 million pounds of annual production.
This is Ricketts’ second trade mission to the European Union in the last five years. Germany is the largest economy in the EU.
The trade mission comes on the heels of a new trade agreement between the United States and the EU that was secured by President Donald J. Trump. Under the agreement, the EU has agreed to allow the U.S. to almost triple the amount of beef exported to the region. In 2005, only 5% of the U.S. beef entering the EU came from Nebraska. By 2018, Nebraska’s share rose to 53%, and it was valued at $124.3 million.
Nebraska has one of the highest percentages of Americans of German descent in the United States with celebrations such as Germanfest in Syracuse highlighting the cultural connection.
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