Food Export Association of the Midwest USA (formerly MIATCO) can help you locate thousands of potential suppliers from the U.S. Midwest. All you have to do is complete our Trade Lead Form. The information that you submit to us will be forwarded to potential suppliers, who will be instructed to respond to your product inquiry directly.

Promotional Assistance through Food Export Association’s Branded Program

If you currently import U.S. food, beverages, or food ingredients, you could receive money to help you promote them in your market. Marketing-related expenses such as advertising, in-store and foodservice promotions and demonstrations, international trade shows exhibits, promotional publications, and public relations are eligible for reimbursement.

To participate in Food Export Association’s Branded Program (Food Export Midwest and Food Export-Northeast Branded Program Importer Manual), your U.S. supplier must apply and be approved. (If you are interested in this program, please ask your U.S. supplier to contact Food Export Association directly.) Note that only small U.S. companies (generally less than 500 employees, per U.S. Small Business Administration regulations) and agricultural-producer cooperatives qualify.

You can meet face-to-face with U.S. Midwest companies by participating in Food Export Association-sponsored activities. For example, Food Export Association can pre-arrange meetings with qualified U.S. suppliers at a food industry trade show in your country. Or you could participate in "buyers missions" that bring importers and distributors to the U.S. to meet with prospective U.S. suppliers.

Food Export Association also sponsors promotions in overseas markets that showcase U.S. food products. Examples include retail displays, cooking demonstrations at trade shows and industry seminars, and U.S. menu promotions in foodservice establishments.

Food Export Association works cooperatively with the overseas offices of the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to carry out its’ mission. If you are interested in developing or expanding your business relationships with U.S. food and agricultural suppliers, you are encouraged to contact us by completing our Trade Lead Form. Contact information for the FAS Office in your country or region can be accessed on the FAS web site at http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/fasfield/ovs_directory_search.asp

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