[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]


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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.


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    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]
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