At the present stage, it became necessary to develop and adopt new investment mechanisms in the development of foreign trade activities of agricultural enterprises. State investment in the development of foreign trade activities of agricultural enterprises is implemented within the framework of the State Program and the federal project titled "Export of agribusiness products". Much attention is paid to the development of a logistics system for the export of agricultural products. Regional export support centers are established. Targets and measures of state support for the development of foreign trade activities at the federal and regional levels and their effectiveness are discussed. Due to imperfect investment mechanisms and insufficient volumes of state investment, the most agricultural enterprises did not use existing support measures, and a small part of enterprises benefited from the support in the field of exhibition and fair activities. Despite the government support for the development of foreign trade activities, the low efficiency of the existing investment mechanisms and the need to improve them are noted. The experience of investment policy of some countries showing a high rate of development is analyzed. New mechanisms for attracting investments, primarily from private investors, are proposed. It has also been proposed to differentiate a set of mechanisms for attracting investments in the development of foreign trade activities of agricultural enterprises into groups of direct and indirect investments.