Notice of Compilation of Individuals and Companies That Are Prepared To Provide Guidance Regarding Doing Business in the Pacific Islands

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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