ITA Priorities for 2013

(See the 2012 National Export Strategy for additional current guidance and insights about priorities.)

ITA strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of trade laws and agreements. ITA supports the National Export Initiative (NEI) to sustain economic growth and support American jobs. With regard to the priorities listed below, each applicant must demonstrate how its proposed project will help ITA to address priority 1, and at least two of the priorities 2-6. ITA is interested in receiving proposals that:

1. Create or sustain U.S. jobs by increasing or maintaining exports; and

(Two (2) of priorities 2-6 are required.)

2. Increase exports to major emerging markets with rapid growth and new customers such as Brazil, India, and China as well as to other high-growth emerging markets that are not as large such as Vietnam, Turkey, Colombia, South Africa, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia and other markets in the Persian Gulf region; or

3. Increase exports by any of the following U.S. industries: aerospace, ground/marine transportation equipment, health/medical products/services, chemicals, processed foods, education services, design/construction products/services, energy/environmental products/services, information/communications technology, media/entertainment, machinery/equipment, professional services, advanced textiles, travel/tourism, and/or logistics/distribution services; or

4. Help U.S. businesses to secure export financing; or

5. Engage more U.S. businesses in major international trade shows and other significant foreign outreach activities; or

6. Help current exporters to expand to more markets.

(An applicant may also show how its project will address any of priorities 7-10; however, applicants are not required to address any of these.)

7. Address non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports such as discriminatory regulations, local content requirements, and technical requirements;

9. Counter discriminatory trade policies such as "indigenous innovation;" and

An applicant is not judged based on how many priorities it claims its project will address, but rather by how well its project addresses priority 1, at least two (2) of priorities 2-6, and any of priorities 7-10 that may be relevant.

The priorities listed above appear in our most recent Federal Funding Opportunity Notice (FFO).

(See the clarification of restrictions on the size of type and margins set forth in the FFO.)