America First Trade Promotion Program

The America First Trade Promotion Program is a grant from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service that funds agricultural trade promotion activities aligned with U.S. export priorities. Listed under Assistance Listing 10. 618 (Regional Agricultural Promotion Program), this discretionary grant program expects approximately 60 awards, with cost sharing or matching required from applicants.

The program supports agricultural organizations working to expand U.S. food and agricultural exports abroad. Eligible applicants include non-profit trade associations, agricultural cooperatives, and state regional trade groups. Specific award amounts and application deadlines are provided in the current opportunity announcement (USDA-FAS-AFTPP-2026) on grants.

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gov Maintenance Calendar 2026 America First Trade Promotion Program Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:USDA-FAS-AFTPP-2026 Funding Opportunity Title:2026 America First Trade Promotion Program Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Agriculture Expected Number of Awards:60 Assistance Listings:10.

618 -- Regional Agricultural Promotion Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:Yes Last Updated Date:Nov 20, 2025 Original Closing Date for Applications:Jan 23, 2026 Current Closing Date for Applications:Jan 23, 2026 Archive Date:Feb 22, 2026 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 285,000,000 Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information 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:Foreign Agricultural Service Description: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 Link to Additional Information:[](https://grants.

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