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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsCustomsCornerPublicationsSourcesof FinanceFinanceLinkLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | November 1998Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank  Ex-Im Bank's new exposure fee system went into effect on October
1, 1998.  This fee system is consistent with the agreement on export credit premium rates
negotiated
among the OECD countries.  The new exposure fee includes five variables: country risk level,
percent
of cover, products offered, length of drawdown period, and length of repayment period.  The
bank's
web site (http://www.exim.gov) provides an Exposure Fee Calculator to assist customers in
determining proposed exposure fees under the new system.  The bank also provides free diskettes
containing the calculator, as well as a seminar on the new system.  For more information, call 
Ex-Im
Bank at 1-800-565-3946.U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)   DOE is hosting the first-ever U.S.- Ukraine Conference on
Nuclear Trade and Cooperation.  Sponsored in cooperation with several U.S. agencies, the
conference will be held on November 9 and 10, 1998, in Washington, D.C.  The goal is promote
opportunities for nuclear commerce between Ukraine and the United States.  Ukrainian industry
representatives will present products and technologies to U.S. businesses interested in establishing
commercial relationsips with Ukrainian firms.  A follow-on conference is planned for spring 1999
in
Ukraine.  For more information and to register for the conference, visit
http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/?reports/ukuscon/background on the Internet, or contact Jennifer
Carpenter
by telephone at (509) 372-4139 or by e-mail at [email protected].This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)