January 2001

 Inside this Issue...

 Eye on Southeast Europe 2

 Ecolinks Trade and Investment Leads 4

 Ex-Im Bank's Environmental Export

 Program 6

 Calendar of Events 7

EcoLinks Program: Helping Create Opportunites

for U.S. Companies

Central and Eastern Europe is quickly becoming one

the best prospects for U.S. exporters of

environmental technology. Already suffering from

decades of enviornmental neglect, states in the region

face the prospect of conforming with stringent

European Union environmental standards as they

seek EU membership in the coming years.

In order to facilitate the transfer of U.S. technology

to the region and foster the growth of environmentally

sustainable economies, the EcoLinks Trade and

Investment program was launched by the

U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID)

in cooperation witht he U.S. Department of

Commerce and several environmental organizations.

The mission of the EcoLinks Trade and Investment

program is to enhance the flow of environmental

trade and investment by fostering business links and

partnerships between U.S. environmental goods and

service providers, businesses, and municipalities in the

region. To that end, the U.S. Department of

Commerce’s Commercial Service has placed

Ecolinks representatives throughout the region

including: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,

Poland, and Romania.

EcoLinks representatives work with local businesses,

governments, and professional associations in their

respective countries to identify their individual

environmental needs. Environmental demands cut

across the full spectrum of environmental challenges,

from remediation, waste management, and pollution

control to pollution prevention, cleaner production, and

production of environmentally friendly goods and

services. Working with USAID’s Global Technology

Network (GTN), an online network of over 4,100

U.S. environmental companies and technology

organizations, they are able to match the needs of the

the region's companies with applicable and qualified

U.S. technology and service providers.

When promising business matches are identified,

EcoLinks representatives become available to help

facilitate meetings between potential U.S. and incountry business partners and clients. EcoLinks

representatives also assist in mobilizing a full range of

U.S.government resources and services

designed to address project financing barriers. These

resources include the Commercial Service, the

Export-Import (EXIM) Bank, the Trade and

Development Agency, and the Overseas Private

Investment Corporation (OPIC).

In an effort to better promote environmental

opportunities, the Central and Eastern Europe

Business Information Center (CEEBIC), working with

the U.S. Commercial Service, will now publish

EcoLinks trade and investment opportunities regularly

in this publication. CEEBIC is also launching an

EcoLinks section as part of the trade and investment

opportunities section of CEEBICnet.

For more information on the EcoLinks program, go to

www.ecolinks.org.

Central and Eastern Europe

Commercial Update

A publication of the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Central and Eastern

Europe Business Infromation Center in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for Interntional Development
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Eye on Southeast Europe

Outlook for Romania

by Cristina Marine, International Trade Specialist,

CEEBIC

Situated in southeastern Europe, north of the Balkan

peninsula in the Lower Danube basin and bordering the

Black Sea, Romania is the second largest market in Central

and Eastern Europe. With a population of 22 million,

Romania’s geographic location offers easy access to the

markets of Western and Central Europe, the Middle East,

and the Newly Independent States (NIS). These markets

represent over 200 million potential customers. The

country has a wealth of natural resources, including fertile

soil, mineral deposits, and vast forests. Its southeastern

border, the Black Sea, provides shipping access to the

Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal, and the DanubeRhine-Main Canal connects Romania to the North Sea.

For the past 10 years, Romania’s progress toward establishing a functional market economy has followed a

sinuous path. However, experts agree that the country has

immense potential for business opportunities and economic growth.

During the first 10 months of 2000, exports were up 23.5

percent over 1999. Clothes and accessories, metallurgical

products, footwear, machines, electric equipment, oil

products, engines, turbines, mechanical devices, furniture,

and chemical products featured higher percentages in the

exports’ structure. Imports over the same period amounted

to $1.1 billion, representing an increase of 33.9 percent

compared to the average of 1999. Data provided by the

Romanian government list machines and electric equipment, chemical and steel products, plastic materials,

medical equipment, land vehicles, and natural gas among

its imported goods. Romania’s main trading partners are the

countries in the Central Eastern Free Trade Agreement

(CEFTA), OPEC, the United States, and the European

Union.

Romania’s National Institute of Business Statistics and

Research reports that gross domestic product (GDP) was

up 2 percent in the first nine months of 2000 over 1999.

The industrial sectors and the building industry, which

contributed 35.6 percent to GDP formation, posted gross

value added increases of 7.6 percent and 3.5 percent

respectively. According to the same source, added values

from agriculture went down 6.1 percent, while figures from

the tertiary sector remained constant.

The new government sworn in late December 2000 has

pledged broad support for market reforms and the goal of

European Union accession. The program to re-launch the

national economy highlights the commitment to achieve

4.5 to 6 percent growth in GDP, to ensure sustained macro

stabilization through structural reform and financial

discipline, to accelerate the privatization process, and to

support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Substantial improvement of the business environment in

the context of adequate economic, financial, and legal

framework is a priority.

The recently established Ministry for Small and MediumSized Enterprises has pledged to facilitate the formation of

over 750,000 jobs in the next four years. Law 133/1999 has

been reinstated, providing important facilities for the SME

sector activities such as: custom duties exemptions for

imported cars; equipment, and know-how; exemptions for

imported raw materials required for manufacturing processes; improved access of SMEs to public acquisitions of

goods works and services; income tax exemptions for

reinvested gross profits; and a 20 percent cut of the income

tax for achieving at least 10 percent increase in employment

relative to the previous year.

According to the Ministry of Public Information, a foreign

investment code will establish fiscal incentives for foreign

investors. Heralding the new strategy on privatization and

the development of the private sector, the government

dissolved the State Ownership Fund and established the

Authority for Privatization and the Administration of State

Assets. The new agency will sell the state’s stocks in

private companies, monitor companies’ post-privatization

activities and compliance with privatization contracts,

restructure state companies, and will accelerate

privatization process by transferring state responsibilities

in managing state shares to ministries and other public

authorities.

The Ministry of Public Finance will submit the 2001 budget

to the Parliament by the end of February 2001. According

to the new finance minister, Mr. Mihai Tanasescu, 4 to 5

percent economic growth, an inflation rate of 24 to 30

percent, and a 9.5 to 9.8 percent unemployment rate are the

major targets of the 2001 budget.

An upcoming issue of the Commercial Update will feature a

special supplement highlighting commercial opportunities in Romania.
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Central and Eastern European

Commercial Update

The Central and Eastern European Commercial Update

is produced by the Central and Eastern Europe Business

Information Center (CEEBIC). For more information, or to

subscribe, contact CEEBIC at: tel: (202) 482-2645, fax: (202)

482-3898, or e-mail ceebic@ita.doc.gov:

Director: Jay Burgess

Associate Director: Jennifer Gothard

Editor: Michael Rogers

International Trade

Specialists: Andrea Lupo, Cristina Marine,

Michael Rogers, Silvia Savich

Webmaster: Gedlom Tesfazion

Contributors: Erik Howell, Jonathan Kimball,

Laurie Molnar, Kristin Najdi,

Melissa Wilson

Bulgaria

Stanislava Dimitrova

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Sofia

1 Saborna St.

Sofia 1000

Tel: (359-2) 963-4062

Fax: (359-2) 980-6850

E-mail: stanislava.dimitrova@mail.doc.gov

Croatia

Patrick Hughes, Senior Commercial Officer

(Ecolinks Representative to be announced)

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Zagreb

Andrij Hebranga 11/II

1000 Zagreb, Hrvatska

Tel: (385-1) 461-0777

Fax: (385-1) 455-3126

Czech Republic

Zdenek Svoboda

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Prague

Trziste 15

11801 Prague 1

Tel: (420-2) 5753-1163

Fax: (420-2) 5753-1165

E-mail: zdenek.svoboda@mail.doc.gov

Hungary

Gabor Kaczmarcyzk

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Budapest

Bank Center Building

Granite Tower

Szbadsag ter 7-9

H-1054 Budapest

Tel: (36-1) 457-4236

Fax: (36-1) 457-4676

E-mail: gabor.kaczmarczyk@mail.doc.gov

Poland

Ann Jaczewka

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Warsaw

Aleje Jerozolimskie 56C, 2nd Floor

00-803 Warsaw

Tel: (48-22) 625-4374

Fax: (48-22) 621-6327

E-mail: ania.janczewska@mail.doc.gov

Romania

Adriana Micea

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S. Embassy Bucharest

Strada Tudor Arghezi 7-9

Bucharest

Tel: (40-1) 210-4042

Fax: (40-1) 210-0690

E-mail: adriana.mircea@mail.doc.gov

Ecolinks Trade and Investment Contacts in

Central and Eastern Europe
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Ecolinks Trade Leads

Additional commercial opportunities are available on

CEEBICnet

(www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/

ceebic.html).

Czech Republic

Eco-Building, a company in the Czech

Republic, seeks an American partner or

technology provider to participate in the

pursuit of projects in the area of advanced

ash treatment. Specifically, the company

seeks technologies associated with ashblending centers with two levels of

homogenization of fluid and bed ashes and

their consequent solidification. EcoBuilding is now working on a large project

of ash blending/utilization in Ukraine. EcoBuilding is focused on providing services

for large energy producers with output of

at least 50,000 tons of ash per year. In the

last four years, Eco-Building has realized

five technological complexes for ash

stabilization worth a total of $10 million.

View the entire lead at www.usgtn.org or

contact Zdenek.Svoboda@mail.doc.gov.

Millenium Technologies, a company in the

Czech Republic, is searching for waste-toenergy technology that changes plastic and

rubber waste into gas or oil. One example

of this type of technology is pyrolisis

recycling. Millenium currently estimates

that the volume of rubber and plastic to be

processed will be at least 10,000 tons per

year. View the entire lead at ww.usgtn.org

or contact Zdenek.Svoboda@mail.doc.gov.

Hungary

Consact Ltd., an environmental consulting

company in Budapest, seeks to purchase

U.S. technologies and services for treating

wastewater being produced by a fishprocessing company in a Hungarian

national park. Since a non-chemical

solution is preferred, Consact would like

to find a U.S. provider experienced in the

development of constructed wetland for

the purpose of treating high-strength

BOD. The project may also include

wastewater treatment for two of the

surrounding smaller settlements. At

present, the fish processor discharges its

wastewater, 100 cubic meters per day,

into a collecting tank. The discharge is

then transported by truck to a sewage

plant. View the entire lead at

www.usgtn.org or contact

Gabor.Kaczmarczyk@mail.doc.gov.

Forg-Tech Ltd., a manufacturing company

in Hungary, is seeking to purchase

equipment to recycle plastic and rubber

waste (including household waste and

appliances, computers, etc.). With the

help of U.S. technology, the company

plans to manufacture marketable products

such as granulate, fiber, and other readymade products (speed bumps, protecting

barriers, road signs, etc.). View the entire

lead at www.usgtn.org or contact

Gabor.Kaczmarczyk@mail.doc.gov.

Poland

The Polish city of Konin seeks a U.S.

partner to participate in the creation of a

processing facility for recyclables. The

city is willing to contribute about $1

million to this enterprise. Konin expects

the American partner to establish a jointventure enterprise with the city or to

create its own company. The city offers

two hectares of developed land as well as

energy delivery. The city is currently

finalizing a project for a compost and

waste separation facility that is supposed

to begin full operation by the end of 2001.

It is expected that about 5,000 to 7,000

tons of recyclables can be obtained from

the separation station. These recyclables

are plastic, paper, glass, and rubber. This

joint venture would be expected to address

at least two of the recyclable materials.

View the entire lead at www.usgtn.org or

contact Ania.Janczewska@mail.doc.gov.

Ecolog, a company in Poland, seeks new

technologies for the utilization of

sediments from wastewater treatment

plants and the disposal of hazardous

waste. Having solved the problem of

municipal wastewater treatment in the

city of Torun, Ekolog won the bidding for

sediments treatment to expand the existing

facility. Ekolog specializes in the design

and production of environment protection

devices, including wastewater treatment

plants. Its primary activities concern

wastewater treatment and sludge

management. Ekolog has worked on more

than 200 municipal and industrial

wastewater treatment plants and is one of

the strongest environmental companies in

Poland. View the entire lead at

www.usgtn.org or contact

Ania.Janczewska@mail.doc.gov.

Romania

S.C. Petromidia S.A., a company in

Romania, seeks a joint venture partner

with technologies to recover and re-use the

slop oil and sludge resulting from the

processes of cleaning oil product storage

tanks and treating wastewater. Petromidia

has three ecological landfills of 250,000

cubic meters total storing capacity, of

which two are already exceeding total

capacity and the third is filled to 80

percent. In these landfills, Petromidia has

stored filtrated and thick sludge and slop

oil. The company intends to recover and

utilize the oil product from the sludge and

slop and to process it in its existing

refinery plant. It is estimated that

Petromidia could recover the equivalent of

22,000 tons of oil product with an

estimated value of $100 per ton, meaning

$2.2 million. Through the distillation

process, products such as gases, gasoline,

diesel oil, and fuel oil may be recovered.

View the entire lead at www.usgtn.org or

contact Adriana.Mircea@mail.doc.gov.

S.C. Ampelum S.A. of Romania would

like to build a cogenerative system in order

to produce energy. The system will

produce energy primarily by using a gas

turbine burning methane gas and operating

a synchron generator engine to produce

the final power. A heat exchanger will

convert the surplus of the burned gases

into thermal power. The system will

supply 5.91 Gcal/h thermal power and 2

megawatts of power, having the efficiency

for the methane gas of minimum 70

percent. View the entire lead at

www.usgtn.org or contact

Dana.Dobrescu@mail.doc.gov

If you are not registered to the GTN web

site but would like to view these or other

leads, please contact GTN’s EcoLinks

analyst: Robert Bisceglie,

rbisceglie@usgtn.org.
Central and Eastern Europe Commercial Update 5

EU Enlargement "Road Show" Bringing U.S. Embassy Experts to

 Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver in March

Did you know that the world’s largest export market is about to get even bigger? The European Union is expected to

accept six to ten new member countries in the intermediate future, adding about 80 million new customers to the European

Single Market. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland are the largest countries moving quickly to join the EU They

have already joined NATO and they are now rushing to meet the EU’s entry requirements. This means unprecedented

new opportunities for American exporters . The U.S. Commercial Service is advising U.S. firms that now is an excellent

time to explore these markets.

In a unique opportunity for you to meet in-country experts, the Senior Commercial Officers from our U.S. embassies in

Prague, Budapest and Warsaw will make special presentations in Philadelphia, Chicago and Denver entitled "EU Enlargement: New Opportunities for U.S. Firms" and afterwards will hold private one-to-one counseling sessions with you to

discuss specific market entry strategies. They will also make special presentations in Philadelphia and Denver on

environmental opportunities that have arisen as a result of the EU enlargement process.

Dates and contacts for each city are:

Philadelphia

Monday, March 12

Morning Seminar on EU Enlargement

Afternoon Seminar on CEE Environmental Opportunties

Contact: Debora Sykes (debora.sykes@mail.doc.gov)

Chicago

Wednesday, March 14

Morning Seminar on EU Enlargement

Contact: Debra Rogers (debra.rogers@mail.doc.gov)

Denver

Thursday, March 15

Afternoon Seminar on CEE Environmental Opportunities

Contact: Lana Lennberg (lana.lennberg@mail.doc.gov)

Friday March 16

Morning Seminar on EU Enlargement

Contact: Martha Butwin (martha.butwin@mail.doc.gov)
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Ex-Im Bank’s Environmental

Export Program

(Source: www.exim.gov)

U.S. environmental firms seeking to export to Central and

Eastern Europe may wish to consider the U.S. Export-Import

Bank as a possible source of financing. The U.S. Export-Import

Bank (Ex-Im) is committed to increasing the level of support it

provides to exporters of environmentally beneficial goods and

services as well as to exporters participating in foreign

environmental projects. To achieve this objective, the bank has

designed a special “Environmental Exports Program” that

provides enhanced levels of support for a broad range of

environmental exports. The program demonstrates the bank's

resolve to reach out to small and large exporters of environmental

products and services. The major features of the program are:

• A short-term Environmental Export Insurance Policy

that will provide enhanced short-term, multibuyer and

singlebuyer insurance coverage for small business

environmental exporters. Features of the program

include policies which deliver 95 percent commercial

coverage and 100 percent political coverage with no

deductible.

• Enhanced medium and long-term support for

environmental projects, products, and services. These

enhancements, which are reflected in Ex-Im Bank loan

and guarantee programs, include:

 1. Local cost coverage equal to 15 percent of the U.S.

 contract price.

 2. Capitalization of interest during

 construction.

 3. Maximum allowable repayment terms

 permissible under OECD guidelines.

These features are intended to substantially improve the

competitive position of U.S. environmental exporters. In

addition, the Ex-Im Bank will aggressively use its tied aid

resources to offset foreign concessionary financing offers for

environmental projects. Exports of products and services

specifically used to aid in the abatement, control, or prevention of

air, water, and ground contamination or pollution, or which

provide protection in the handling of toxic substances, will be

considered eligible for support,subject to a final determination by

the bank. The following are examples of the types of exports

generally considered eligible:

• Instruments to measure or monitor air or water quality.

• Emission control devices.

• Effluent pollution control devices.

• Equipment for systems for waste disposal, refuse

collection and waste water treatment.

• Services to upgrade environmental regulations:

environmental assessments, design and training.

• Ecological studies; ecological monitoring equipment

• Toxic material handling devices.

• Certain renewable and alternative energy equipment.

Exports of products and services for foreign environmental

projects entirely dedicated to the prevention, control or cleanup

of air, water, or ground pollution, including facilities to provide

for control or cleanup, and the retrofitting of facility equipment

for the sole purpose of mitigating, controlling, or preventing

adverse environmental effects, will be considered eligible, subject

to final determination by theEx-Im Bank. Exports for the

following types of projects are generally considered eligible:

• Air or water (river) pollution cleanup.

• Ecology or forestry management.

• Certain renewable or alternative energy projects

(photovoltaic, wind, hybrid, biomass).

• Water treatment or waste treatment projects.

• Toxic waste or substance cleanup projects.

These examples are illustrative and are not intended to be all

inclusive, and eligibility is subject to existing Ex-Im Bank foreign

content guidelines.

For more information regarding this program or other Ex-Im Bank

programs, go to www.exim.gov.

Recent Environmental Reports Available on

CEEBICnet (www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/ceebic.html)

The following reports on environmental opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe

were recently placed on CEEBICnet:

Croatia

Environmental Report, Miroslav Nikolac, CEEBIC Trade Specialist, U.S. Embassy Zagreb, November 2000

Czech Republic

Market Trends of the Waste Industry, Zdenek Svoboda, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy Prague, January 2001

Hungary

Environmental Technology Market, Gabor Kaczmarcyzk, EcoLinks Technical Representative, U.S. Embassy Budapest,

 December 2000
Central and Eastern Europe Commercial Update 7

Calendar of Events

CEEBIC Breakfast Briefing

Opportunities and Barriers for U.S. Companies

as a Result of EU Accession

February 15, 2001

9:00 am to 10:00 am

U.S.A. Trade Center

Mezzanine Level

Ronald Reagan Building

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

 Washington, D.C.

Topics will include:

• Why invest in Accession Countries?

• Export Opportunities As a Result of Accession

• Tariff Differentials and the Impact on U.S. Exports

• Barriers Stemming from New Standards

Requirements

RSVP your attendance by February 13, 2000 to

Michael Rogers at tel: (202) 482-2645,

fax: (202) 482-3898, email: ceebic@ita.doc.gov.

Please include your name, company,

 telephone number, and fax number.

For more information, go to www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/

upevents/ceebicbreakfast.htm

February

2/3–2/12 U.S. Department of

Agriculture Agribusiness

Investment & Trade Mission to

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Contact: Jim O’Meara, Tel: (202) 690-3982, Fax: (202) 690-

3982, E-mail: omeraj@fas.usda.gov

2/15 CEEBIC Breakfast Briefing: Opportunites and Barriers

As a Result of EU Accession, Washington, DC

Contact: Michael Rogers Tel: (202) 482-2645, Fax (202)

482-3898, E-mail: ceebic@ita.doc.gov

March

3/8 CEEBIC Business Briefing: Commercial Opportunities

in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Contact: Andrea Lupo Tel: (202) 482-2645, Fax (202) 482-

3898, E-mail: ceebic@ita.doc.gov

For a more complete list of events, go to CEEBICnet,

www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/ceebic.html

This notice is provided solely as an informational resource and does not

constitute U.S. Department of Commerce endorsement of these events. All

information regarding these events is subject to change without notice by the

organizers of those events.

Croatia: Market Opportunities in

the Environmental Sector

Croatia is one of the emerging markets in Central

and Eastern Europe that is not plagued by many of

the severe environmental problems experienced by

neighboring countries in the region. Croatia’s

development strategy, which dates back to when it

was a republic in Yugoslavia, has focused on the

development of the tourism sector and not on

industrial development. Regardless there are still

environmental problems that Croatia must address.

This has created a demand for U.S. environmental

technology.

The best prospects for U.S. firms include: water

quality maintenance and monitoring, wastewater

treatment, urban and industrial waste management,

and treatment and disposal of hazardous waste.

A major obstacle, facing U.S. companies exporting

environmental technology to Croatia, is financing.

U.S. firms should be aware that local municipalities

and companies in Croatia are expected to finance

their own transactions without assistance from the

national government. There are a number of

mechanisms that U.S. companies may consider

including financing through EcoLinks or the U.S.

Export Import Bank. In addition, U.S. companies

may wish to explore procurement opportunities

through projects underwritten by the World Bank,

the European Investment Bank (EIB) or the

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

For more information, visit CEEBICnet at

www.mac.doc.gov/eebic/ceebic.html or call 202-

482-2645.
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Estonia

Reene Sepp, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Tallinn

Kentmanni 20, Tallinn

Tel: (372-6) 312-021

Fax: (372-6) 312-025

FYR Macedonia

Arben Gega, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Skopje

Bu. Ilinden bb 9100, Skopje

Tel: (389-91) 116-180

Fax: (389-91) 117-103

Greece

(Partnership Post for Albania and FYR Macedonia)

Jeremy Keller, Principle Commercial Officer

U.S. Consulate, Thessaloniki

43 Tsimiski Street

546 23 Thessaloniki

Tel: (30-31) 242-905

Fax: (30-31) 242-927

Hungary

Scott Bozek, Senior Commercial Officer

U.S. Embassy Budapest

Szabadsag ter 12, 1054 Budapest

Tel: (36-1) 475-4282

Fax (36-1) 475-4676

Kosovo ("FRY")

Genc Kusari, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Office Pristina

9520 Pristina Place, Pristina

Tel: (381-38) 549-516

Fax:(381-38) 873-761

Albania

Omer Dashi, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Tirana

Riugahabinot 103, Tirana

Tel: (355-42) 47-285 or 286

Fax: (355-42) 32-222

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Edin Fetahovic, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Sarajevo

43 Ul. Dure Dakovica

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tel: (387-33) 665-851

Fax: (387-33) 665-836

Bulgaria

Georgi Peev, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Sofia

NDK Administrative Building 5th Floor

1 Bulgaria Square

1414 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel: (359-2) 963-4062

Fas: (359-2) 980-6850

Croatia

Miroslav Nikolac

U.S. Embassy Zagreb

Andrije Hebranga 2, Zagreb

Tel: (385-1) 492-3777

Fax: (385-1) 492-1900

Czech Republic

Judy Ebner, Commercial Officer

U.S. Embassy Prague

Trziste 15

118 01 Prague 1

Tel: (420-2) 5753-1162

Fax: (420-2) 5753-1165

Latvia

Aldis Celms, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Riga

Raina Blvd. 7, Riga

Tel: (371) 703-6200

Fax: (371) 782-0047

Lithuania

Jonas Vasilevicius,CEEBIC Trade Specialist

America Center

Pranciskonu str. 3/6, 2001 Vilnius

Tel: (370-2) 223-31 ext. 149

Fas: (370-2) 222-779

Poland

David Fulton, Senior Commercial Officer

U.S. Embassy Warsaw

Al. Jerozolimskie 56/C, 00-803 Warsaw

Tel: (48-22) 625-4374

Fax: (48-22) 621-6327

Romania

Clement Dan, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Bucharest

Strada Tudor Arghezi 7-9, Bucharest

Tel: (40-1) 210-4042

Fax (40-1) 210-0690

Slovakia

Pavol Matusek, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Bratislava

Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava

Tel: (421-7) 5296-1079

Fax: (421-7) 5296-1085

Slovenia

Marko Mlakar, CEEBIC Trade Specialist

U.S. Embassy Ljubjana

Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana

Tel: (386-1) 200-5500

Fax: (386-1) 200-5555