With a goal of promoting economic growth in developing and middle income countries, while simultaneously helping American businesses to export their products and services, thereby creating U.S. jobs, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) funds various forms of technical assistance, early investment analysis, training, orientation visits and business workshops that support the development of a modern infrastructure and a fair and open trading environment.

USTDA's strategic use of foreign assistance funds to support sound investment policy and decision-making in host countries creates an enabling environment for trade, investment and sustainable economic development.

Operating at the nexus of foreign policy and commerce, USTDA is uniquely positioned to work with U.S. firms and host countries in achieving the agency's trade and development goals. In carrying out its mission, USTDA gives emphasis to economic sectors that may benefit from U.S. exports of goods and services, in addition to supporting U.S. policy objectives related to development and capacity building activities.

For more information, please visit USTDA's website here!

Fast Facts About USTDA

• The average size of a USTDA grant is $400,000 
• Since its inception in 1981, USTDA has been associated with more than $31.5 billion in U.S. exports
• In 2008, USTDA funded 67 technical assistance activities, 41 feasibility studies, and 24 orientation visits

• USTDA works closely with a number of other Federal agencies including the U.S. Trade Representative, the Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security and Transportation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to advance U.S. commercial interests and host country development objectives

For more information, please review USTDA's Frequently Asked Questions page here. 

Business Opportunities

Large and small exporters should check the Business Opportunities* section of USTDA's website regularly -- These pages will tell you what projects are under development and what contracts have been awarded. This information enables you to follow-up with overseas project sponsors and U.S. firms selected to do USTDA-funded work to tell them how your company can help them to achieve the project's goals.

USTDA's activities span a wide variety of sectors including:

Aviation	Climate Change	Customs	Electric Power
Emergency Management & Response	Environmental	Financial	Healthcare
Information & Communications Tech.	Intellectual Property Rights	Maritime	Mining & Minerals
Natural Resources	Oil & Gas	Ports	Rail & Mass Transit
Renewable Energy	Standards Development	Trade Capacity Building	Transportation

Opportunities can be divided by industry sectors, but USTDA activities are also organized into six regions of the world: East Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin American and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa.

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*Current contracting opportunities with USTDA grant recipients in host countries are advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities website (FedBizOpps.gov). These contracts involve providing technical assistance or training, or conducting early investment analysis/feasibility studies. The point of contact for submitting your proposal is the USTDA grant recipient identified in the FedBizOpps announcement, not USTDA.  For questions related to registering to bid on federal government tenders, please contact NH-PTAP, by clicking here.