The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) is a non-profit, industry sponsored trade organization dedicated to increasing exports of U.S. poultry and egg food products in foreign markets. USAPEEC is also a co-operator organization sanctioned by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a co-operator, USAPEEC administers export promotion funds allocated under the USDA’s Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program. The council members account for more than 90% of all poultry and egg exports. Members include nearly all major U.S. poultry and egg producing and processing companies, as well as many international trading firms. Associate members of USAPEEC include steamship lines, cold storage facilities, freight forwarders, port authorities and others whose businesses benefit from thriving poultry and egg exports