Overseas Trade Missions: 1999 Trade Missions (May and June); Application Opportunity

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Overseas Trade Missions: 1999 Trade Missions (May and June);

Application Opportunity

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to apply to

participate in a number of trade missions to be held between May and

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June 1999. For a more complete description of the trade mission, obtain

a copy of the mission statement from the Project Officer indicated

below. The recruitment and selection of private sector participants for

these missions will be conducted according to the Statement of Policy

Governing Department of Commerce Overseas Trade Missions announced by

Secretary Daley on March 3, 1997.

U.S. Corporate Executive Office at Interpack '99, Dusseldorf, Germany,

May 6-12, 1999,

Recruitment closes March 31, 1999

For further information contact: April Stockfleet, Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202-482-1599 Fax: 202-482-3159

U.S. Biotechnology Mission to Germany, Hamburg and Berlin/Brandenburg,

June 7-11, 1999

Recruitment closes April 12, 1999

For further information contact: April Stockfleet, Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202-482-1599 Fax: 202-482-3159

Franchising Trade Mission to South America, Brazil, Argentina, and

Chile, June 9-17, 1999

Recruitment closes April 15, 1999

For further information contact: Richard Boll, Department of Commerce,

Tel: 202-482-1135 Fax: 202-482-2669 or Bruce Harsh, Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202-482-4582 Fax: 202-482-2669

Dated: March 5, 1999.

Tom Nisbet,

Director, Promotion Planning and Support Division, Office of Export

Promotion Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-6081 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]

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