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Aviso de Subasta en Español.

Central America Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (CA-PEQ)
Notice of Open Tender
Bids open: July 21, 2008
Bids due: August 1, 2008

Central American Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (CA-PEQ) invites bids for the right to ship U.S.-origin chicken leg quarters to the Republic of Nicaragua duty-free under a CAFTA tariff-rate quota granted by the Republic of Nicaragua to the United States. The export item is chicken leg quarters, bone-in, Sac Nos. 0207.13.93; 0207.14.93; 1602.32.10.00 which corresponds respectively to HTS # 0207.13.99.20; 0207.14.99.20; 1602.32.00A referred in the text of CAFTA-DR. The product must be imported into Nicaragua on or before December 31, 2008. Certificates of Quota Allocation are being offered during this open tender for 158 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 August 1, 2008. The minimum bid quantity is 1 metric ton; the minimum bid price is $22.04/metric ton. 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.