Wood Program

Export Wood Products with Confidence

Food Export helps U.S. wood companies reach the right foreign markets and find qualified buyers for their products through a customized approach that maximizes both near and long-term growth.

Overview of Wood Program

U.S. wood products are agricultural goods that can be marketed to various places around the world.

Through the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Export’s Branded Program supports U.S. wood companies’ international marketing efforts by reimbursing 50% of approved international marketing and promotional activities.

For more information on how the Branded Program can support wood companies read the flyers for Market Promotion for Commodity Wood Products & Market Promotion for Value-Added and Retail Wood Products.

Eligible Products

Commodity Products

  • Logs & Timber
  • Wood and Boards
  • Cooperage (Staves, Barrels, Hoops, Chips)
  • Poles/Piles/Posts
  • Flooring
  • Log Homes
  • Windows/Doors/Siding/Fencing/ Decking and Parts
  • Plywood, Chipboard, Particle Board, Veneer, Panels
  • Sawdust, Shavings, Pulp
  • Shingles and Shakes
  • Tools and Parts
  • Molding, Siding
  • Pallets and Skids
  • Boxes, Crates, Drums, Containers

Value-Added & Retail Products

  • Furniture
  • Decorative
  • Sporting Goods (Snowboards, Sleds, Hockey Sticks, Bats, Bows, etc.)
  • Tools
  • Casks, Barrels and Hogsheads
  • Brushes
  • Boxes/Cases (Trunks, Bags, Decorative, and Household)
  • Bread Boards, Cutting/Chopping Boards, Butcher Blocks
  • Tableware and Kitchenware
  • Musical Instruments
  • Stocks and Parts
  • Caskets

Important Dates for the 2025 Branded Program Year

Branded Program Success Stories

  • Branded Program Participant from Kansas Grows Exports

    Branded Program Participant from Kansas Grows Exports

    “I have worked with Food Export-Midwest for more years than I can count, and beyond having an amazing and consistent staff of intelligent and extremely helpful people, the program works! Without this program, we would be half the size we are outside of the U.S., which is most of our business.” 

    Read their Story

  • Three Years of Export Success with Food Export’s Branded Program

    Three Years of Export Success with Food Export’s Branded Program

    Discover how the largest non-alcoholic brewery in America leveraged Food Export programs to maximize their success in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom!

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  • Branded Program Helps Missouri Pecan Growers Increase Exports to Canada & the Netherlands

    Branded Program Helps Missouri Pecan Growers Increase Exports to Canada & the Netherlands

    “These programs allow small agricultural businesses such as ours to attend trade shows, meet new international buyers, re-affirm existing relationships with international distributors, and promote U.S.-grown products in ways that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.”

    Read their Story