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2026 America First Trade Promotion Program

Foreign Agricultural Service

USDA-FAS-AFTPP-2026

USDA-FAS

General Information

$285,000,000
Est. Program Funding:
January 23, 2026
Closing Date:
60
Expected No. of Awards
N/a
Award Ceiling

Opportunity Number:
USDA-FAS-AFTPP-2026

Owning Agency:
USDA-FAS

Opportunity Category:
Discretionary (D)

Synopsis

Under AFTPP, USDA/FAS enters into agreements with Participants to share the cost of certain marketing and promotion activities to expand exports of U.S. agricultural commodities. Financial assistance under the AFTPP is made available on a competitive basis, and USDA/FAS endeavors to enter into agreements with eligible Participants to cover as broad an array of agricultural commodities as possible. All U.S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration

Response Date Jan 23, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Posting Date Nov 20, 2025 12:00:00 AM EST
Archive Date Feb 22, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Award Ceiling N/a
Award Floor 1
Cost Sharing Yes

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info on Eligibility: Applicants must be either a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization that promotes the export and sale of one or more United States agricultural commodities, an SRTG, a U.S.agricultural cooperative, or a U.S. state agency.Organizations that have not previously participated in a USDA market development program are encouraged to consider applying to this opportunity, and traditional USDA market development program recipients are encouraged to use this opportunity to propose new and innovative activities in non-traditional markets to generate increased export sales for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and producers. Organizations already operating trade promotion activities with USDA funding in the Target Market for the promoted commodity cannot receive all available points for “Innovation and Originality” in the Review Criteria.All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for AwardManagement (www.sam.gov) before the application submission deadline of the announcement.Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible.Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered. More information about SAM.govregistration can be found in Section 9, Other Information

Additional Information

Agency Name Kendra Arrington Grantor
Link to Additional Information: N/a
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: GrantSolutions Help Desk
Phone: 202-690-5503

CFDA Program(s)

  • 10.618: Regional Agricultural Promotion Program
   

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