| For over 75 years the Specialty Crop Trade Council (formerly the California Dried Fruit Export Association or CDFEA) has provided strong advocacy, services and resources to its members. The SCTC leverages its industry knowledge and experience to benefit its membership through a broad range of service and solutions: |
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Provide by contract for inspection of dried fruit and tree nuts exported by its members and issue the appropriate certificates of inspection, including the DFA Quality Certificate. |
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| CONTRACTS |
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Prepare and prescribe the terms of sale and forms of contracts to be used by members in the course of export trade. |
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Formulate rules, regulations and policies for its members, standardizing and shaping successful business relationships. |
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Provide for arbitration of disputes arising from the export trade of dried fruit and tree nuts. |
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| TRAFFIC |
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The SCTC reviews and reacts to proposals of the Trans-Continental Freight Bureau as well as those of the various steamship conferences, advocating on behalf of the membership. |
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| WORLD TRADE |
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The SCTC is active in international trade negotiations in an effort to secure modification or removal of both tariff and non-tariff barriers. |
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Maintain communications with world-wide organizations on current and emerging issues. |
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| PUBLIC RELATIONS |
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We act as an advocate on behalf of our membership with all of the industry-related groups, maintaining daily contact with representatives of the export trade to make sure they are fully and accurately informed as to the industry's activities, needs and problems. Our goal is to ensure regulation favorable to the industry: |
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Governmental regulatory agencies |
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Transportation services |
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Agricultural commodity organizations |
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| EXPORTERS ALERT |
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The SCTC maintains a depository of information for its members regarding potential problems with specific traders around the world; members may inquire if there have been any complaints filed against new customers prior to doing business with them. |
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