**BISNIS Trades & Tenders, December 17,1999** –
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Table of Contents for Web Supplement:
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Lead #1: Machines for Crushing Earth /Minerals – Kazakhstan
Lead #2: Insecticides for KazakhstanMinistry of Agriculture – Kazakhstan
Lead #3: Lead Acid Batteries for StartingPiston Engines – Vladivostok, Russia
Lead #4: EBRDTender for Feasibility Studyfor Telecom Industry - Tajikistan
Lead #5:EBRD Early Warning Notification onUpcoming Projects – various countries
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Table of Contents for this Document:
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Lead #1: Tenders for the AzerbaijanInternational Operating Consortium - Azerbaijan
Lead #2: Plant to Produce Decorative Bricks- Kazakhstan
Lead #3: Vacuum or Gas Packaging Machinesfor Mining Industry  - Kazakhstan  
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Lead #1
 
 08DEC 99
 SOURCE USEMBASSY BAKU
 SUBJECT: IMI: AZERBAIJAN: TENDERS FOR THE AZERBAIJAN
 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING CONSORTIUM
  
 1.THE AZERBAIJAN INTERNATIONAL OPERATING CONSORTIUM
 (AIOC) WAS CREATED IN 1994 IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE
 AZERI, CHIRAC, AND GUNESHLI (ACG) OIL FIELD BLOCK
 LOCATED IN THE CASPIAN SEA TWENTY FIVE MILES OFF THE
 ABSHERON PENINSULA.  SINCE 1994, AIOC HAS SPENT OVER$2
 BILLION TO DEVELOP THIS MEGASTRUCTURE WHICH CONTAINS 4.5
 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL.
  
 2.THE AIOC EXPECTS THERE WILL BE NO MAJOR TENDERS FOR
 ITSCONTINUING OPERATIONS IN THE SHORT TERM. FULL FIELD
 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACG BLOCK WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL AIOC
 ISASSURED THAT KEY DECISIONS TO INCREASE PIPELINE
 EXPORT CAPACITY HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
 AZERBAIJAN.  NO MAJOR TENDERS RELATED TO THE CHIRAC
 FIELD ARE CONTEMPLATED UNTIL MID-YEAR 2000.
  
 3.AIOC PLANS TO DEVELOP A NEW PLATFORM ON THE AZERI
 FIELD HAVE NOT YET BEEN SANCTIONED BY ITS SHAREHOLDER
 COMPANIES.  A NEW PLATFORM WOULD REQUIRE 6-9 MONTHSOF
 DESIGN WORK FOLLOWED BY A 2-YEAR CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
 THEPROJECT WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND REQUIRE
 FLOATING PRODUCTION UNITS, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT
 BEFORE IN THE CASPIAN REGION.  IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
 UNDERSEA PIPELINE NETWORK AND THE SANGACHEL TERMINAL
 WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED.
  
 4.BP/AMOCO IS AIOC'S SOLE OPERATOR.  IT HAS ABOUT 650
 EMPLOYEES IN AZERBAIJAN DEDICATED TO AIOC ACTIVITIES.
 BP/AMOCO OFFICIALS REPORT THAT HIGHER INTERNATIONAL OIL
 PRICES IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1999 HAVE NOT
 AFFECTED AIOC'S PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY.  AIOC ISSEEKING
 TOOUTSOURCE AS MUCH OF ITS ACTIVITIES AS POSSIBLE.
 LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS MEET AIOC'S ACCOUNTING AND
 SECURITY NEEDS.  74% OF AIOC PROCUREMENT IS FOR ITEMSOF
 LESS THAN $5,000.
  
 5.  AS A MATTER OF POLICY, BP/AMOCO OPERATES A
 SELECTIVE, COMPETITIVE TENDERING PROCESS FOR DETERMINING
 AWARD OF CONTRACTS.  SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS WILLNEED
 TOBE REGISTERED WITH BP/AMOCO BEFORE ANY BUSINESS CAN
 BEAWARDED.  COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
 INFORMATION ON UPCOMING TENDERS OR THAT WISH TO REGISTER
 WITH AIOC SHOULD CONTACT THE BP/AMOCO GROUP IN BAKU.
 BP/AMOCO CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT REGISTRATION FORMS
 CANBE OBTAINED VIA E-MAIL FROM PETER ADEY, MANAGER,
 CONTRACTS.
  
 6.CONTACT INFORMATION:
  
 MR.PETER ADEY
 MANAGER, CONTRACTS
 BP/AMOCO GROUP
 VILLA PETROLEA, 2 NEFTCHILAR PROSPEKTI (BAYIL)
 BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
 TEL. (994-12) 979000
 FAX. (994-12) 979653
E-MAIL: ADEYP(AT)BP.COM
 
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Lead #2
Alash
Contact:    TatyanaChernoglasova                      
Phone:      7(3272)67-07-47                          
Fax:        7 (3272)67-11-62                          
84 Sharipova Street   Email:      [email protected]                         
Almaty, 480012                                                               
 
Product Information:
Type of Lead: DirectPurchase       Company Type:|-------------|             
                                                  | (*) Private|             
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 HS Code:  8419895075 - IndustrialMachinery/ Plant Or Equipment For The Treatment Of Materials/Involving A  Change In Temperature/Nesoi                      
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 Industry: Mining Industry Eq. - (MIN)
 Brief         brickproducing plant      
 Description:                                                                  
                                                                               
 Detailed       a plant toproduce         
 Description: decorative bricks,roofing 
                     tiles, acid proof tiles and
                     bricks.                    
                                                                               
 Specification  capacity - 10million units
 s/per year, fuel - gasor    
 Technical  fuel oil, fullyautomated  
 Data: process of placingbricks  
          into akiln                
                                                                               
 U.S. Dollar   USD 3 - 4million    Quantity     1                           
 Value:                             Needed:                                   
                                                                               
 Payment       byinstallments      Shipping      insured delivery toAstana  
 Terms:                             Terms:                                    
                                                                               
 Is a Service |---------|          Purchase      1year                      
 Contract     | ( ) Yes|          NeededBy:                                
 Needed:       | (*) No |                                                     
              |---------|                                                     
                                                                               
 Who/Whatis                                       Alash                      
 the EndUser:                                                                 
 Response Information:
                                                                               
 Response                                                                      
 Language:                                                                     
                                                                               
 Best Wayto       |-----------|                                              
 Respond:          | [ ] Mail |                                              
                   | [ ] Phone|                                              
                   | [X] Fax  |                                              
                   | [X] Email|                                              
                   |-----------|                                              
                                                                               
 From              U.S. ManufacturersOnly                                    
 Manufacturers                                                                 
 Only:                                                                         
                                                                               
 Information       promotion literature,prices                               
 Desiredfrom                                                                  
 U.S.Firm:                                                                    
                                                                               
 Primary Buying    price, quality, terms and conditions ofdelivery           
 Factors:                                                                      
                                                                               
 Other                                                                         
 Information:                                                                  
                                                                               
   Intentto        Will purchase inshort term (2-6months)                   
  Buy:                                                                        
   Typeof         Irregular purchase based on best price and terms available 
   Buyingor                                                                   
  Licensing                                                                   
  Relationship:                                                               
  Company Information:
                                                                              
 Typeof        Manufacturer                                                 
 Business:                                                                    
                                                                              
 Year           1994                # of        2,600                      
 Established:                        Employees:                              
                                                                              
 Annual         <$10 Million        USFirms                                
 Sales:                              Represented:                            
                                                                              
 Memberof                                         |---------|               
 Business                                          | ( ) Yes|               
 Chamber:                                          |(*) No |               
 
 Bank Name&                                       Alash Bank, 84 Sharipova  
 Address:                                          Street, Almaty 480012     
                                                                              
 Sales                                             Kazakhstan, CIS countries 
 Territory/Ar                                                                 
 ea/Countries                                                                 
                                                                              
 Company                                           Alash, one of the largest 
 Description                                       private Kazakhstani mining
 andBusiness                                      companies, was established
 Activity:                                         in 1994. Alash specializes
                                                   in the development of     
                                                   severalmajor deposits of 
                                                   minerals in Kazakhstan and
                                                   quartzite, limestone,     
                                                   manganese,and other ores 
                                                   processing. Since 1994,   
                                                   Alash has expanded into a 
                                                   groupof companies, which 
                                                   nowincludes:             
                                                   Centrgeologosyemka        
                                                   (Karaganda);UTRU         
                                                   (Karaganda region);       
                                                   Kramds-Quartzit (Karaganda
                                                   region); Kent (Karaganda);
                                                   Alash-Sauda (Almaty);     
                                                   Alash-Service (Almaty);   
                                                   TemirtauChemical         
                                                   MetallurgicalCombinate   
                                                   (Temirtau);               
                                                   Akmolastroyfaians         
                                                   (Astana);and AlashBank   
                                                   (Almaty). Alash holds more
                                                   than 20 licenses for the  
                                                   explorationand           
                                                   development of some of    
                                                   Kazakhstan?,s largest      
                                                   deposits(opencast        
                                                   mining).                  
                                                                              
                                                   Alash currently employs   
                                                   2,600 people.Its         
                                                   production volume in 1998 
                                                   totaled: limestone ?) 1.3  
                                                   milliontons; quartzite   
                                                   concentrate ?) 284,000     
                                                   tons;manganese           
                                                   concentrate?) 50,000 tons;
                                                   calcium carbide ?) 12,000  
                                                   tons; and slack and burnt 
                                                   lime?) 1,000 tons.        
                                                   According to the company?,s
                                                   representative, Alash is  
                                                   the sole producerof      
                                                   calcium carbidein        
                                                   Kazakhstan. The largest   
                                                   industrial plants and     
                                                   joint-venture companies   
                                                   from Kazakhstan, Russia,  
                                                   Latvia,Lithuania,        
                                                   Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, 
                                                   and Kyrgyzstan are among  
                                                   Alash?,s clients and       
                                                   businesspartners. Alash  
                                                   plans to expand its       
                                                   operations to include the 
                                                   productionof quality     
                                                   construction materials for
                                                   Kazakhstan and other CIS  
                                                   countries. The firmis    
                                                   conducting negotiations   
                                                   with equipment suppliers  
                                                   from France, Italy,       
                                                   Germany, Russia, and      
                                                   Byelorussia.              
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Lead #3
Alash
Contact:    TatyanaChernoglasova                      
Phone:      7(3272)67-07-47                          
Fax:        7 (3272)67-11-62                          
84 Sharipova Street   Email:      [email protected]                         
Almaty, 480012                                                               
Product Information:
Type of Lead: DirectPurchase       Company Type:|-------------|             
                                                  | (*) Private|             
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 HS Code:    |                    |              8422309030 - Vacuum Or Gas 
             |                    |              Packaging Machines For     
             |                    |              Filling/ Whether Or Not    
             |                    |              Capable Of Performing Other
             |                    |              Operations                 
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 Industry:                                         Mining Industry Eq. - (MIN)
Brief                                             packagingequipment        
 Description:                                                                  
Detailed                                          1) automatic line for      
 Description:                                      placing friable materials  
                                                   in sacks; 2) line to        
                                                   produce polymer containers 
                                                   for underpaint putty and   
                                                   emulsion paint; 3) line to 
                                                   packagejars and sacks on  
                                                   trays with thermal film.   
                                                                               
 Specification                                     1)capacity - 30,000 tons  
 s/                                                per year, 50 kg sacks; 2)  
 Technical                                         types of containers: 20    
 Data:                                             litres- 60,000 units per  
                                                   year, 10 litres - 120,000  
                                                   units per year, 5 litres - 
                                                   120,000 units per year, 1-3
                                                   litres - 240,000 units per 
                                                   year                       
                                                                               
 U.S. Dollar  negotiable           Quantity      1) 3; 2) 2; 3)4            
 Value:                             Needed:                                   
                                                                               
 Payment       byinstallments      Shipping      insured delivery toAstana  
 Terms:                             Terms:                                    
                                                                               
 Is a Service |---------|          Purchase      1year                      
 Contract     | ( ) Yes|          NeededBy:                                
 Needed:       | (*) No |                                                     
              |---------|                                                     
                                                                               
 Who/Whatis                                       Alash                      
 the EndUser:                                                                 
Response Information:
Response                                                                      
 Language:                                                                     
                                                                               
 Best Wayto       |-----------|                                              
 Respond:          | [ ] Mail |                                              
                   | [ ] Phone |                                              
                   | [X] Fax  |                                              
                   | [X] Email|                                              
                   |-----------|                                              
                                                                               
 From              U.S. ManufacturersOnly                                    
 Manufacturers                                                                 
 Only:                                                                         
                                                                               
 Information       promotion literature,prices                               
 Desiredfrom                                                                  
 U.S.Firm:                                                                    
                                                                               
 Primary Buying    price, quality, terms and conditions ofdelivery           
 Factors:                                                                      
                                                                               
 Other                                                                         
 Information:                                                                  
                                                                               
   Intentto        Will purchase inshort term (2-6months)                   
  Buy:                                                                        
Typeof         Irregular purchase based on best price and terms available 
   Buyingor                                                                   
  Licensing                                                                   
  Relationship:                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
 
 
Company Information:
Typeof        Manufacturer                                                 
 Business:                                                                    
Year           1994                # of        2,600                      
 Established:                        Employees:                              
Annual         <$10 Million        USFirms                                
 Sales:                              Represented:                            
Memberof                                         |---------|               
 Business                                          |( ) Yes|               
 Chamber:                                          | (*) No |               
Bank Name&                                       Alash Bank, 84 Sharipova  
 Address:                                          Street,Almaty 480012     
                                                                              
 Sales                                             Kazakhstan, CIS countries 
 Territory/Ar                                                                 
 ea/Countries                                                                 
                                                                              
 Company                                           Alash, one of the largest 
 Description                                       private Kazakhstani mining
 andBusiness                                      companies, was established
 Activity:                                         in 1994. Alash specializes
                                                   in the development of     
                                                   several major deposits of 
                                                   minerals in Kazakhstan and
                                                   quartzite,limestone,     
                                                   manganese, and other ores 
                                                   processing. Since 1994,   
                                                   Alashhas expanded into a 
                                                   group of companies, which 
                                                   nowincludes:             
                                                   Centrgeologosyemka        
                                                   (Karaganda);UTRU         
                                                   (Karaganda region);       
                                                   Kramds-Quartzit (Karaganda
                                                   region); Kent (Karaganda);
                                                   Alash-Sauda (Almaty);     
                                                   Alash-Service (Almaty);   
                                                   TemirtauChemical         
                                                   Metallurgical Combinate   
                                                   (Temirtau);               
                                                   Akmolastroyfaians         
                                                   (Astana); and AlashBank   
                                                   (Almaty). Alash holds more
                                                   than20 licenses for the  
                                                   explorationand           
                                                   development of some of    
                                                   Kazakhstan?,slargest      
                                                   deposits(opencast        
                                                   mining).                  
                                                                              
                                                   Alash currently employs   
                                                   2,600 people.Its         
                                                   production volume in 1998 
                                                   totaled: limestone ?) 1.3  
                                                   million tons; quartzite   
                                                   concentrate ?) 284,000     
                                                   tons;manganese           
                                                   concentrate ?) 50,000 tons;
                                                   calcium carbide ?) 12,000  
                                                   tons;and slack and burnt 
                                                   lime ?) 1,000tons.        
                                                   According to the company?,s
                                                   representative,Alash is  
                                                   the sole producer of      
                                                   calcium carbidein        
                                                   Kazakhstan. The largest   
                                                   industrial plants and     
                                                   joint-venture companies   
                                                   from Kazakhstan, Russia,  
                                                   Latvia,Lithuania,        
                                                   Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, 
                                                   and Kyrgyzstan are among  
                                                   Alash?,sclients and       
                                                   business partners. Alash  
                                                   plans to expand its       
                                                   operationsto include the 
                                                   production of quality     
                                                   construction materials for
                                                   Kazakhstanand other CIS  
                                                   countries. The firm is    
                                                   conducting negotiations   
                                                   with equipment suppliers  
                                                   from France, Italy,       
                                                   Germany, Russia, and      
                                                   Byelorussia.              
                                                                              
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