# 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 below listed overseas trade missions. For a more complete description, obtain a copy of the mission statement from the Project Officer indicated below.
**U.S. Automotive Parts and Components Business Development Mission to Russia**
Moscow, Samara and Togliatti, April 6-12, 2003, Recruitment closes on February 14, 2003.
*For further information contact:* Ms. Phyllis Bradley, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 202-482-2085, or e-mail to *[email protected]* —or, in Russia, Mr. Geoffrey Cleasby, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, telephone 7-095-737-5030, fax 7-095-737-5033, or e-mail to *[email protected]*
**Aerospace Executive Service at Latin America Defentech—Fourth International Exhibition & Conference on Defense Technology**
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 22-24, 2003, Recruitment closes on March 10, 2003.
*For further information contact:* Mr. Jason Sproule, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 949-660-1688, ext. 151, or e-mail to *[email protected]*
**Assistant Secretarial Business Development Mission to Morocco and Egypt**
Casablanca, Rabat and Cairo, May 25-June 2, 2003, Recruitment closes on March 12, 2003.
*For further information contact:* Ms. Caroline McCall, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 202-482-2499, or e-mail to *[email protected]*
**Aerospace Executive Service Program at the Paris Air Show**
Paris, France, June 16-18, 2003, Recruitment closes on April 18, 2003.
*For further information contact:* Ms. Danielle Dooley, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 303-844-6623, ext. 14, or e-mail to *[email protected]*
**Medical Device Trade Mission to Panama, Guatemala and Honduras**
Panama City, Guatemala City and Tegucigalpa, July 13-19, 2003, Recruitment closes on May 16, 2003.
*For further information contact:* Mr. Steven Harper, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 202-482-2991, or e-mail to *[email protected]*
Recruitment and selection of private sector participants for these trade missions will be conducted according to the Statement of Policy Governing Department of Commerce Overseas Trade Missions dated March 3, 1997.
*For further information contact:* Mr. Thomas Nisbet, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone 202-482-5657, or e-mail *[email protected]*
Dated: January 9, 2003.
Thomas H. Nisbet,
Director, Export Promotion Coordination, Office of Planning, Coordination and Management.