# Overseas Trade Missions
**AGENCY:**
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to participate in the following overseas trade missions to be held between August and November 2000. For a more complete description of the trade mission, obtain a copy of the mission statement from the Project Officer indicated below. The recruitment and selection of private sector participants for these missions will be conducted according to the Statement of Policy Governing Department of Commerce Overseas Trade Missions announced by Secretary Daley on March 3, 1997.
**Clean Energy Trade Mission to Indonesia**
Jakarta, Indonesia
August 29-30, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Kathryn Hollander, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-0385, Fax: 482-0170, E-Mail: [email protected]
**Natural Gas Technology/Power Plant Retrofitting Business Development Mission to Mexico**
Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico
September 10-14, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Samuel Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-0179, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-Mail: [email protected]
**District Heating Mission to Russia**
Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
October 15-21, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Rachel Halpern, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-4423, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-Mail: [email protected]
**Clean Energy Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia**
The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman
October 24-November 1, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Joseph Ayoub, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-0313, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-Mail: [email protected]
**Natural Gas and Cogeneration Technologies Business Development Mission**
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 5-9, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Sam Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-4179, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-mail: [email protected]
**Power Plant Renovation & Modernization/Natural Gas Utilization/Renewable Energy**
Trade Mission to South Africa,
Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa
November 13-17, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: John Rasmussen, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 482-1889, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-mail: John [email protected]
**Clean Energy Trade Mission to China**
Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou, China
November 20-24, 2000
Recruitment closes June 1, 2000
For further information contact: Kathryn Hollander, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-0385, Fax: 202-482-0170, E-mail: [email protected]
**Clean Energy Trade Mission to India**
New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Mumbai, India
November 26-December 3, 2000
Recruitment closes June, 2000
For further information contact: Nazir Bhagat, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: 202-482-3855, Fax: 202-482-5666, E-mail [email protected]
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Reginald Beckham , U.S. Department of Commerce. Tel: 202-482-5478, Fax: 202-482-1999.
Dated: April 12, 2000.
Tom Nisbet,
Director, Promotion Planning and Support Division, Office of Export Promotion Coordination.