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