[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Removal of Trade Mission Optional Stops to the Global Diversity 
Export Initiative (GDEI) Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade 
Administration (ITA), is organizing a Global Diversity Export 
Initiative (GDEI) Trade Mission to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 
8-9, 2024, with optional stops to Jeddah and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 
from December 10-11, 2024. This notice is to update the prior Federal 
Register notice to reflect that the mission will no longer offer 
optional stops to Jeddah and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Odum, Global Trade Programs, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6397 
or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendment to Remove the Trade Mission 
Optional Stops.

Background

Global Diversity Export Initiative (GDEI) Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia

    The International Trade Administration has determined that to allow 
for optimal execution of the trade mission, the optional stops to 
Jeddah and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia will be removed. Trade Mission 
participants will have an opportunity to meet with potential partners 
and distributors from Jeddah and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during the core 
mission stop in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, taking place December 8-9, 2024.

Contact

Global Diversity Export Initiative Contact Information

    Gabriela Zelaya, Acting Director/Global Diversity Export 
Initiative--U.S. Commercial Service San Jose, CA; 
[email protected]; Tel: 408-335-9202.

Middle East & Africa Global Team Contact Information

    Larry Tabash, Global Team Leader, Middle East & Africa Team, U.S. 
Commercial Service Austin, TX; [email protected]; Tel: 512-936-
0039.

CS KSA Contact Information

    Andrew Billard, Senior Commercial Officer--U.S. Embassy, Saudi 
Arabia, [email protected].
    Carla Men[eacute]ndez, Deputy Senior Commercial Officer--U.S. 
Embassy Saudi Arabia, [email protected].

Gemal Brangman,
Director, Global Trade Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-11262 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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