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Agency Spotlight

U.S. Department of Commerce -- Trade fair certification has been granted by the
Department of Commerce to Comtek International for a U.S. pavilion at the "World
Food '95" Exhibition, which will be held in Moscow, November 13-17, 1995. 
Now in its fourth consecutive year, World Food '95 will introduce food and food
processing and packaging companies to an estimated 40,000 visitors.  Product
categories to be exhibited at World Food '95 include food products, such as
beverages, diary, meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetable, confectionery, snacks, and
other foodstuffs; and food processing and packaging equipment and products,
including baking equipment, beverage production, dairy processing, fish
processing, food and beverage, fruit processing, measuring/weighing, meat
processing, meat slaughtering, turn-key plant engineering, packaging machines,
packaging materials, refrigeration, shopfitting, storage, transportation, and
vegetable processing.  U.S. firms seeking exhibit and event information are
encouraged to contact the U.S. pavilion organizer: Jeff Malley, Director,
International Sales and Marketing, Comtek International, at (203) 834-1122
(voice), or (203) 762-0773 (fax).

U.S. Department of Commerce/Texas Department of Commerce -- The Texas
Department of Commerce Office of Advanced Technology offers an extensive on-
line trade information service, Texas-One, to Texas-based companies.  Texas-One
offers information on a wide range of trade topics from a variety of sources,
including the U.S. Department of Commerce and other federal agencies.  It is
available to Internet users with both "world wide web" and "gopher" connectivity. 
Texas-One is supported with funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce
National Institute of Science and Technology, and the U.S. Department of Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency.  For more information contact Kristine M.
Mossinghoff at (512) 936-0237 (voice), (512) 936-0433 (fax), or
[email protected].

U.S. Department of Commerce -- The American Business Center-Nizhnevartovsk,
funded by the Department of Commerce and managed by Environmental Planning
Group, Inc., is sponsoring an "Executive Trade Mission to Western Siberia"
September 17-23, 1995.  The trade mission will spend two days in Moscow and
four days in the towns of Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, and Khanty-Mansiysk.  The
goals of the mission are to introduce qualified providers of oil and gas and
environmental goods and services to key decision makers who have the funds
available to purchase these products; to identify qualified partners for U.S.
companies and industries; and facilitate trade between U.S. companies and the
Khanty-Mansiysk Region.  For more information contact Julie Janovsky at (708)
870-8611 (voice), or (708) 870-8331 (fax).

Export-Import Bank of the United States -- The Export-Import Bank of the United
States (Exim Bank) has announced improvements to one of its insurance programs
for small and medium-size U.S. exporters.   Under the program, Exim Bank
delegates authority to a commercial bank to handle credit management of an Exim
Bank insurance policy.  The bank then approves lines of credit for its export
customers and qualifies the foreign buyers and the related accounts receivable that
support the line of credit.  Banks interested in applying for this enhanced policy
should contact Exim Bank's Business Development Division at (202) 565-3900.  

Trade and Development Agency -- The Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will 
sponsor a "Central/Eastern European and United States Conference on Airport
Development, Finance, and New Technology" in Warsaw, Poland, October 15-18,
1995.  The purpose of the conference is to promote U.S. exports of airport
equipment, technology, and services to Central and Eastern Europe.  Leading U.S.
firms will meet with leading  civil aviation and airport decision makers from 30
airports in 12 Central and Eastern European nations and the Newly Independent
States. The meeting, which is being organized for TDA by the American
Association of Airport Executives, will include officials from TDA, the Department
of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration, OPIC, and the Export-Import
Bank of the United States.  Other sponsors of the conference include the
International Association of Airport Executives and the Polish Airports State
Enterprise.  The seminar will be held at the Warsaw Marriott. For registration
information, contact Spencer Dickerson at (703) 824-0500.
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