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Aviso de Subasta en Español.

Central America Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (CA-PEQ)
Notice of Open Tender
Bids open: July 7, 2008
Bids due: July 18, 2008

Central American Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (CA-PEQ) invites bids for the right to ship U.S.-origin chicken leg quarters to Guatemala duty-free under a CAFTA tariff-rate quota granted by the Republic of Guatemala to the United States. The export item is chicken leg quarters, bone-in (HTS items 0207.1399; 0207.1499; or 1602.3200). The product must be imported into Guatemala on or before December 31, 2008. Certificates of Quota Allocation are being offered during this open tender for 5,123 metric tons in total.

Any person or entity incorporated or domiciled, and with a legal address, in the United States is eligible to bid. Bids must be received by CA-PEQ not later than 5 p.m. (EDT) on July 18, 2008. The minimum bid quantity is 1 metric ton; the minimum bid price is $22.04/metric ton. Bids must be submitted in dollars and cents per metric ton. Bids should not be submitted in amounts that include fractions of a cent. If a bid is received in an amount that includes fractions of a cent, the administrator will ignore the fractions of a cent and consider only the amount that was bid in dollars and full cents. Performance security (the lesser of $50,000 or the total value of the bid) must be provided in conjunction with each bid. The Certificates of Quota Allocation will be awarded to the highest bidder(s).

Interested parties may obtain the required bid forms and bid instructions at:

www.ca-peq.org

or by contacting the CA-PEQ Administrator, DTB Associates, LLP, 901 New York Avenue, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, Tel (202) 661-7092, fax (202) 661-7091.