To become a successful exporter, you must have the resources to adequately promote your products overseas. Funding available through Food Export - Midwest and Food Export - Northeast's Branded Program can help!

What is Food Export - Midwest and Food Export - Northeast's Branded Program?

Food Export - Midwest and Food Export - Northeast's Branded Program is a cost-share funding program that supports the promotion of branded and private label food and agricultural products in foreign markets. Participant companies receive 50% cost reimbursement for a wide variety of eligible international marketing and promotional activities.

Please review our Market Promotion brochure for more information on the Branded Program.

What About the Nuts and Bolts of the Program?

For a detailed program overview, you can access our one page overview of the program (which runs January 1 - December 31). You can also access our detailed Branded Program Manual to further familiarize you with the ins and outs of the program.

If you have specific questions about the program, please contact Food Export - Midwest's Joe Yotti or Food Export - Northeast's Antoniya Gospodinova.

Yes, I’m Interested in Applying!

Your first step, if you’re interested in applying, is to officially determine if your company is eligible. To do this, you’ll need to submit a Branded Program Pre-Qualification Worksheet. Once we have received your completed “Worksheet” and determined that your company is eligible, we will e-mail you a 'User ID' and 'Password' that you will need to initiate the on-line application. We will also send you a printed copy of the Branded Program Manual, which will provide more detailed program information and facilitate the application process.