USDA TO DISCONTINUE THE TRADE
LEADS AND BUYER ALERTS
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is discontinuing
the Trade Leads and Buyer Alerts services effective January
1, 2006.
U.S. suppliers who want to
inform foreign buyers about their products will be directed
to the State Regional Trade Groups (SRTGs) for assistance.
The SRTGs, which are FAS program participants, offer
customized export assistance on a wide variety of
export-related topics from "connection to collection." The
SRTGs list can be obtained by accessing the FAS Web page at