[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1486]

[Page 745]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1486_EMERGING MARKETS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Information
 
Sec.  1486.100  What is the Emerging Markets Program?


    (a) The principal purpose of the EMP is to assist U.S. entities in 
developing, maintaining, or expanding the exports of U.S. agricultural 
commodities and products by providing partial funding for technical 
assistance activities that promote U.S. agricultural exports to emerging 
markets, a consistent with U.S. foreign policy interests. The Program is 
intended primarily to support export market development efforts of the 
private sector, but the Program's resources may also be used to assist 
public agricultural organizations as well. Technical assistance may 
include activities such as feasibility studies, market research, sector 
assessments, orientation visits, specialized training, business 
workshops, and similar undertakings.
    (b) The EMP may be used to support exports of U.S. agricultural 
commodities and products only through generic activities.
    (c) Only initiatives that support the export of U.S. agricultural 
commodities and products are eligible for assistance from the program. 
The program's resources may not be used to support the export of another 
country's products to the United States, or to promote the development 
of a foreign economy as a primary objective.
    (d) The program is administered by personnel of USDA's Foreign 
Agricultural Service.