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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I would contact Josef Brinkman who puts together the </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Market News Service for Medicinal Plants & Extracts. I have copied him here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Good luck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jolie <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Jolie Lonner Egert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Go Wild Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>510-666-WILD (9453)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Alt: 415-454-2251<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>www.gowildconsulting.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org [mailto:mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff McCormack<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 09, 2012 6:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MPWG] elderberry question<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'>Robin,<br><br>You might want to contact the American Botanical Council for this information. They often have data of this sort for various herbal products:<br><a href="http://abc.herbalgram.org/site/PageServer" target="_blank">http://abc.herbalgram.org/site/PageServer</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'><br><br>Jeff McCormack<br>~~~<br>Jeff McCormack, Ph.D.<br>Charlottesville, VA 22911<br><a href="tel:%28434%29%20218-2408" target="_blank">(434) 218-2408</a><br><a href="http://www.bushmedicine.org/" target="_blank">www.bushmedicine.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'><br><a href="http://www.savingourseeds.org/" target="_blank">www.savingourseeds.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:26 AM, MoonBranch Botanicals <<a href="mailto:moonbranch@earthlink.net" target="_blank">moonbranch@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello Everyone. I am working on an American Elderberry research project here in NC. Does anyone have any figures on the amount, either in terms of weight or value, of elderberry or elderberry products imported into the U.S. annually?<br><br>Thanks in advance for any info you all may have,<br>Robin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><pre>Robin Alton Suggs<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>MoonBranch Botanicals<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>5294 Yellow Creek Road<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>USA<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Telephone: <a href="tel:828.479.2788" target="_blank">828.479.2788</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Email: <a href="mailto:moonbranch@earthlink.net" target="_blank">moonbranch@earthlink.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Websites:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.moonbranch.com" target="_blank">www.moonbranch.com</a> & <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/store/M16074" target="_blank">www.localharvest.org/store/M16074</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Member:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project; Farm Partner<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Green Products Alliance <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>North Carolina Goodness Grows/NCDA&CS <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Southwestern North Carolina RC&D Council<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>United Plant Savers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. - Henry David Thoreau<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>PCA's Medicinal Plant Working Group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">MPWG@lists.plantconservation.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/mpwg_lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/mpwg_lists.plantconservation.org</a><br><br>To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:MPWG-request@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">MPWG-request@lists.plantconservation.org</a> with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.<br><br>Disclaimer<br>Any advice given on this list regarding diagnosis or treatments etc. reflects ONLY the opinion of the individual who posts the message. 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