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FREE BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
The U.S. Commercial Service wants to help you, the International Buyer, find American suppliers of quality products and services at the
International Franchise Expo 2010. Located in most American embassies and consulates, your local U.S. Commercial Service office can help
you get the most out of visiting the International Franchise Expo 2010. If you are planning to visit the International Franchise Expo 2010
as a representative of a qualified company*, you are automatically eligible to attend under the auspices of the U.S. Commercial Service as
part of an official Embassy/Consulate Delegation – even if you prefer to travel alone. Here are just some of the advantages you will
receive:
Benefits Available to Delegation Members
- Free show admission to exhibits
- 50% off symposia rates
- Free Matchmaking
- Free assistance arranging and scheduling appointments with U.S. exhibitors and companies before and during the show
- Access to International Business Center, including separate registration area to pick up badges and meeting rooms to meet with exhibitors
- Complimentary Invitations to 2 Cocktail Receptions
- Assistance with travel and hotel bookings
- Free assistance with logistics at the show
- Friendly, local language support
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER HOURS:
(Located near the general registration area just inside the 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, entrance to the convention center)
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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Contact the US Commercial Service Department in your country to learn more about joining an official embassy/consulate delegation and how the U.S.
Commercial Service in your country can help you. See the list of Promoting Commercial Service Departments below. If you cannot find your country
on this list, click here to connect to the Commercial Service office in your country.
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IMPORTANT VISA/PASSPORT INFORMATION
Please be sure to check the current requirements and restrictions for traveling to the US from your country.
The recommended first source of up-to-date visa information is www.travel.state.gov or
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* Qualified companies are firms that do business outside the United States and whose purpose in attending this trade show is to find U.S. suppliers of goods or services.
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US CONSULATE GENERAL Melbourne, Australia Melanie Heskin, Commecial Specialist 61 3 9526 5924 61 3 9510 4660 Melanie.Heskin@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/australia
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AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL Sao Paulo, Brazil Paulo Rodrigues, Business Development Specialist (5511) 5186-7186 (5511) 5186- 7410 paulo.rodrigues@mail.doc.gov www.focusbrazil.org.br/
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AMERICAN EMBASSY OUAGADOUGOU Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Pamela A. Hamblett, Econ./Comm. Officer (226) 50-30-67-23 (226) 50-30-38-90 HamblettPA@state.gov
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US CONSULATE GENERAL Guangzhou, China Cathy Wang, Commercial Specialist 8620-8667-4011 x16 8620-8666-6409 Cathy.Wang@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/china
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US EMBASSY Beijing, China Shen Yan, Commercial Assistant 8610-8529-6655 x 826 8610-8529-6558 yan.shen@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/china www.buyusa.gov/china/en
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US EMBASSY San Jose, Costa Rica Roy Fernandez, Commercial Assistant 506-519-2263 506-231-4783 roy.fernandez@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/costarica
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Zagreb, Croatia Damjan Bencic, Senior Commercial Specialist 385-1-661-2186 385-1-661-2446 damjan.bencic@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/croatia/en/
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US EMBASSY Praha, Czech Republic Jana Ruckerova, Commercial Specialist 420 257 022 310 420 257 022 810 Jana.Ruckerova@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/czechrepublic
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US EMBASSY Quito, Ecuador Silvia Moreno/David Alvarez, Commercial Specialist 593 2 256 1404 593 2 250 4550 Silvia.Moreno@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/ecuador
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US EMBASSY Cairo, Egypt Cherine Maher, Commercial Assistant 20-2-7952688 20-2-7958368 cherine.maher@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/egypt
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US EMBASSY San Salvador, El Salvador Lidia Sosa, Commercial Assistant (503) 2501-3144 (503) 2501-3067 lidia.sosa@mail.doc.gov
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Helsinki, Finland Mia Maki, Commercial Specialist 358-9-6162-5140 358-9-6162-5130 mia.maki@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/finland
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AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL Munich, Germany Dagmar Winkler-Helmdach, Commercial Specialist 49-89-2888769 49-89-285261 dagmar.winkler-helmdach@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/germany/en
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US EMBASSY Accra, Ghana Esther Adielson-Addo, Commercial Assistant 233-21-679751-3 233-21-679756 Esther.Adielson-Addo@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/ghana
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US EMBASSY Port-au-Prince, Haiti Ghislaine Simon, Commercial Specialist (509) 2229-8000 (509) 2229-8024 SimonGL@state.gov
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Tegucigalpa, Honduras Rossana Lobo, Commercial Specialist 504-238-5114 x4842 504-238-2888 rossana.lobo@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/honduras
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AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ms. Swee-keng Cheong, Commercial Specialist 852 2521 5233 852 2845 9800 swee-keng.cheong@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/hongkong
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U.S. EMBASSY Budapest, Hungary Katalin Barazda, Commercial Specialist (36-1) 475-4126 (36-1) 475-4676 Katalin.Barazda@mail.doc.gov http://www.buyusa.gov/hungary http://www.buyusa.gov/hungary/en/
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U.S. EMBASSY INDIA Chennai, India Mala Venkat, U.S. Commercial Service 9144-2857-4293 9144-2857-4212 mala.venkat@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/india
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US EMBASSY Jakarta, Indonesia Henry Sutanto, Commercial Specialist 62-21-5262850 62-21-5262855 henry.sutanto@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/indonesia
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U.S. EMBASSY Baghdad, Iraq Sam Kafil, Commercial Advisor (240) 553 0581 x 2278 (240) 553 0581 x 2278 sam.kafil@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/iraq/en
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US EMBASSY Dublin, Ireland Finola Cunningham, Commercial Specialist 353-1-667-4753 353-1-667-4754 finola.cunningham@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/ireland
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U.S. EMBASSY Tokyo, Japan Chris Y. Ono, Commercial Specialist 81-3-3224-5074 81-3-3224-5320 chris.ono@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/japan
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US EMBASSY Nairobi, Kenya Mary Masyuko, Commercial Specialist 254 20 363-6063 254 20 363-6065 mary.masyuko@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/kenya
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US EMBASSY Seoul, Korea Grace Sung, Commercial Specialist 82-2-397-4324 82-2-739-1628 grace.sung@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/korea
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AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL Monterrey, Mexico Manuel Velazquez, Commercial Assistant 5281 8047 - 3124 5281 8047 - 3355 manuel.velazquez@mail.doc.gov www.BuyUSA.gov/Mexico
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Mexico City, Mexico Martha Sanchez, Commercial Assistant 52 55 5140 2621 52 55 5566 1111 martha.sanchez@mail.doc.gov www.BuyUSA.gov/mexico/en
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US CONSULATE GENERAL Lagos, Nigeria Anayo Agu, Sr. Commercial Specialist 234-1-2610241 234-1-2619856 anayo.agu@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/nigeria
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US EMBASSY Panama, Panama J. Enrique Tellez, Senior Trade Specialist 507-207-7080 507-317-1658 enrique.tellez@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/panama
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US EMBASSY Asunción, Paraguay Beatriz Schaerer, Commercial Specialist 595-21-213715 595-21-208315 schaererb@state.gov www.buyusa.gov
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Lisbon, Portugal Celeste Conde, Trade Specialist 351-21-770-2527 351-21-726-8914 celeste.conde@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/portugal
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US EMBASSY Bucharest, Romania Corina Gheorghisor, Commercial Assistant 40-12-200-3397 40-21-316-0690 Corina.Gheorghisor@mail.doc.gov
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US EMBASSY Moscow, Russia Anna Avetisyan, Commercial Specialist Anna.Avetisyan@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/russia/en
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AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Maher Siblini, Commercial Specialist 966-1-488-3800 966-1-488-3237 maher.siblini@.mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/saudiarabia/en/
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US COMMERCIAL SERVICE Johannesburg, South Africa Maretha Malan, Administrative Specialist 27-11-290 3000 (Ext. 3025) 27-11-268-6102 Maretha.Malan@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/southafrica/en/
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Madrid, Spain Jesus Garcia, Int'l Trade Specialist 3491-3081548 3491-5630859 jesus.garcia@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/spain
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US EMBASSY Bern, Switzerland Maria (Lupita) Pamich, Commercial Specialist 41-31-357 7345 41-31-3577336 maria.pamich@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.ch
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AMERICAN EMBASSY Bangkok, Thailand Pramot Wongvarnrungruang, Commercial Specialist 662-205-5090 662-255-2915 Pwongvar@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/thailand/
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U.S. EMBASSY Tunis, Tunisia Sami Aouadhi, Senior Economic/Commercial Specialist (216) 71-107-231 (216) 71-107-090 aouadhis@state.gov
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US EMBASSY Kiev, Ukraine Irina Dushnik, Commercial Specialist 380-44-490-4096 380-44-490-4046 Irina.Dushnik@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/ukraine
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US CONSULATE Dubai, United Arab Emirates Anne de Souza, Commercial Specialist 971-4-3116111 971-4-3116140 anne.desouza@mail.doc.gov www.buyusa.gov/uae/en
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US COMMERCIAL SERVICE Dakar and West Africa, West Africa Catherine Pierce, 221 33 829 2232 catherine.pierce@mail.doc.gov http://www.buyusa.gov/westafrica/en http://www..buyusa.gov/westafrica/fr
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