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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | September 1997Export-Import Bank of the United StatesThe Export-Import Bank of the United
States (Ex-Im Bank) has signed agreements to ease financing of U.S. exports with the
governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan.  The four "Project
Implementation Agreements" (PIAs) provide a framework for financing based on export revenues
generated by  importers as a result of their purchase of American goods.  Repayment is via
offshore collateral accounts established for the purpose.  PIAs enable Ex-Im Bank to finance
transactions without recourse to sovereign guarantees from the countries' governments.  Ex-Im
Bank has already financed a $15.6 million sale of air-traffic control equipment under its PIA with
Georgia.  Ex-Im Bank had not previously financed transactions in any of the four countries.  For
more information contact Marianna Ohe of Ex-Im Bank at 202-565-3200.University of ArizonaThe University of Arizona will hold its fourth annual "Russia
and the CIS Business Forum" in Tuscon  October 31--November 1, 1997.  The theme of this
year's forum is "Success in the CIS."  The forum will provide an up-to-date analysis of political,
economic, and legal aspects of business ventures in the former Soviet Union and will present case
studies of successful American businesses and strategies for success.  The Consul General of the
Russian Federation in San Francisco will address the forum.  Representatives of various U.S.
Government programs that support American business ventures in the NIS will make
presentations and answer questions as well.  For more information contact Dr. Roza Simkhovich
of the University of Arizona, at 520-626-4007, or visit the forum's website:
http//russian.arizona.edu/cis97.htm.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)