[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52677-52678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26237]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Foreign Currencies Available for the Development of Foreign 
Markets

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural Service (``FAS'') invites proposals 
from interested parties to use Costa Rican, Dominican Republic, 
Guatemalan, Jamaican, and Sri Lankan currencies acquired by the United 
States government for market development projects and technical 
assistance activities in those countries. These currencies were 
acquired pursuant to agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, (Pub. L. 480).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evans Browne, Program Development Division, Export Credits, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Room 4506, South Building, Stop 1034, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 
20250-1034. Telephone: (202) 720-4228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title I, Pub. L. 480 authorizes the United 
States to finance the sale and exportation of agricultural commodities 
to foreign governments on concessional terms. Between 1986 and 1991, 
the United States entered into various title I, Pub. L. 480 agreements 
with foreign governments, on terms which required

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repayment to the United States in local currencies. These agreements 
were commonly referred to as constituting the ``section 108 program.''
    On July 8, 1998, FAS published a notice in the Federal Register (63 
FR 36872) announcing that FAS was inviting proposals to use Tunisian or 
Moroccan currencies acquired under the section 108 program for market 
development projects and technical assistance activities in those 
countries. That notice also set forth the criteria FAS would use in 
evaluating and accepting such proposals. The purpose of the present 
notice is to invite proposals to use Costa Rican, Dominican Republic, 
Guatemalan, Jamaican, and Sri Lankan currencies for market development 
projects and technical assistance activities in those countries. The 
procedures for submitting proposals and the FAS' evaluation criteria 
for any such proposals will be identical to that set forth in the July 
8, 1998, Federal Register notice.

    Signed at Washington D.C. on September 21, 1998.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-26237 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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