[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 8427-8428] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4504] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Notice of Compilation of Individuals and Companies That Are Prepared To Provide Guidance Regarding Doing Business in the Pacific Islands AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The International Trade Administration (ITA) is compiling a list of individuals and companies that are prepared to provide guidance regarding doing business in the Pacific Islands. ITA invites interested parties to express their interest to the Office of South Asia and Oceania. DATES: Interested parties will be retained on the list for a period of two years. A party may request that it be removed from the list at an earlier date. ADDRESSES: Send by fax expressions of interest to the Department's Office of South Asia and Oceania at (202) 482-5330. Letters may be sent to: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of South Asia and Oceania, 14th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Rm. 2308, Washington D.C. 20230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Kent Stauffer at the above address, or at telephone number (202) 482-2955. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of South Asia and Oceania coordinates activity for the U.S. side of the United States-Pacific Island Nations Joint Commercial Commission (JCC). The Island side is comprised of the following thirteen countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa. The JCC plans to produce a listing of individuals and firms (Counselors) that are familiar with the business conditions and government procedures in the Pacific Islands. Interested individuals and firms should have extensive business experience and/or have worked with governments in fields involving economic developments in the region. The Counselors will serve without compensation from ITA or the JCC. The JCC will maintain and publicize a register of names for referral purposes. The Counselors will have access to JCC-generated information and will provide a link to people in the private sector seeking experienced guidance about doing business in the region. [[Page 8428]] Dated: February 5, 1997. Nancy Linn Patton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific. [FR Doc. 97-4504 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DA-P