cities without CS representation: Chelyabinsk, Khabarovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. The ABCs developed influential contacts that provide essential access throughout Russia and NIS. This prestige and influence with regional administrations makes the ABCs indispensable on-the-ground facilitators of U.S. export actions. In less than 3 years, more than 2,000 U.S. companies used the ABC services to further their business interests in Russia and the New Independent States (NIS). With the help of the ABCs, U.S. companies reported over $34 million in export sales to the Russia/NIS region, with an estimated $56 417 million in potential future sales. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Application Kit may be obtained free of charge from the Russia/NIS Program Office, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce, Room 1235, HCHB, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-2902. Fax: (202) 482-2456. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Russia/NIS Program Office, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce, Room 1235, HCHB, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-2902. Fax (202) 482-2456. Headquarters Office: Russia/NIS Program Office, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce, Room 125, HCHB, Washington, DC 20230. Web Site Address: http://www.ita.doc.gov. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
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