[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 74828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. 120913451-2681-02]


Call for Applications for the International Buyer Program 
Calendar Years 2014 and 2015

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice extending application deadline.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is amending the Notice 
and Call for Applications for the International Buyer Program (IBP) for 
calendar year 2014 (January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014) 
published at 77 FR 61,740 (Oct. 11, 2012) to extend the deadline for 
receipt of applications from December 10, 2012 to December 21, 2012. 
The IBP was established in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (Pub. L. 100-418, codified at 15 U.S.C. 4724) to bring 
international buyers together with U.S. firms by promoting leading U.S. 
trade shows in industries with high export potential. The IBP 
emphasizes cooperation between the DOC and trade show organizers to 
benefit U.S. firms exhibiting at selected events and provides 
practical, hands-on assistance such as export counseling and market 
analysis to U.S. companies interested in exporting. Specifically, 
through the IBP, the DOC selects domestic trade shows which will 
receive DOC assistance in the form of global promotion in foreign 
markets, providing export counseling to exhibitors, and providing 
export counseling and matchmaking services at the trade show. This 
notice covers selection for IBP participation during calendar year 
2014. It also extends the deadline for applications to a new pilot 
initiative for the IBP, which will allow up to 20% of the 2014 IBP 
shows to be preselected for IBP participation in calendar year 2015 
(January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015) without having to reapply 
for the second year. Eligibility for this pilot initiative is limited 
to annual trade shows that participated in the IBP in calendar years 
2011 or 2012. Applicants interested in being considered for this pilot 
must indicate so in the application. For more information about the 
IBP, including eligibility, participation fees, the responsibilities of 
the show organizers and the DOC, and how to apply, please see the prior 
notice, which is also available on the IBP Web site http://www.export.gov/IBP.

DATES: Applications for the IBP must be received by December 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The IBP application may be downloaded from http://www.export.gov/IBP. Applications may be submitted by any of the 
following methods: (1) Mail/Hand Delivery Service: International Buyer 
Program, Trade Promotion Programs, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Ronald 
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 800M--Mezzanine 
Level--Atrium North, Washington DC 20004. Telephone (202) 482-0691; (2) 
Facsimile: (202) 482-7800; or (3) email: [email protected]. Facsimile 
and email applications will be accepted as interim applications, but 
must be followed by a signed original application that is received by 
the program no later than five (5) business days after the application 
deadline. To ensure that applications are timely received by the 
deadline, applicants are strongly urged to send applications by hand 
delivery service (e.g., U.S. Postal Service Express Delivery, Federal 
Express, UPS, etc.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Rand, Acting Director, 
International Buyer Program, Trade Promotion Programs, U.S. and Foreign 
Commercial Service, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Ronald Reagan Building, Suite 
800M--Mezzanine Level--Atrium North, Washington DC 20004; Telephone 
(202) 482-0691; Facsimile: (202) 482-7800; Email: [email protected].

Elnora Moye,
Trade Program Assistant.
[FR Doc. 2012-30250 Filed 12-17-12; 8:45 am]
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