Haggis makers are hoping to return the Scottish delicacy to US tables by overturning a 43-year US import ban.
UK Environment secretary, Owen Paterson, will meet senior officials from the Obama administration today to discuss lifting the block.
Haggis has been outlawed in the US since 1971 due to a ban on the consumption of sheep lung and on imported UK lamb.
It is thought the market – worth about £15million in the UK – could be far more lucrative across the Atlantic due to the interest in Scottish roots.
Mr Paterson – who visited The Royal Highland Show last week – will hold talks with America’s secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, in an attempt to re-open the market to Scottish producers.
The Tory MP said: “I share many haggis producers’ disappointment that American diners are currently unable to enjoy the taste of Scotland’s wonderful national dish in their own country.
“I am meeting my US counterpart to discuss how we can begin exporting it, particularly as so many Americans enjoy celebrating their Scottish heritage.”
Butcher Bob Forsyth, of the Aberdeenshire Larder in Ellon, welcomed the moves.
“I hope they do get to sell it again,” he said.
“It would be a great thing to have back in America – the Scottish over there love their old traditions.”
He remembers making thousands of haggis for export when he worked for Lawson’s of Dyce.
“We made haggis from New Year to Burn’s birthday on the 25th,” he said.
“The whole big fridge was just full of haggis. The 1lb ones were like cannon balls.
“It would be something for the butchers in Scotland to get back into the market.”
James Macsween, director of Macsween Haggis of Edinburgh, said: “The opportunities for exporting our haggis into the American market are very exciting and I am delighted to hear progress is being made in this respect.”
