Executive-Led Infrastructure Business Development Mission Statement November 11-17, 2012, Indonesia and Vietnam

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. Mission Description The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (US&FCS) is organizing an executive-led trade mission to Indonesia and Vietnam. The proposed trade mission, scheduled for November 11-17, 2012, will visit two of Southeast Asia's most dynamic markets and will help participants gain first-hand market knowledge and establish business contacts with senior decision makers. Southeast Asia offers one of the world's largest and most dynamic markets for American exporters. The 10 member states comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) represent a market of 609 million people that received over $76 billion of merchandise exports from the United States in 2011. Collectively, these member states have, a collective GDP of nearly $2.2 trillion. ASEAN's total merchandise trade has skyrocketed, rising from around $400 billion a year in 1993 to $2.0 trillion in 2010. This trade mission will also serve as a follow-up to Secretary Locke's June 2010 Clean Energy mission, which included a stop in Indonesia. The purpose of the mission is to inform U.S. firms about opportunities in Southeast Asia's rapidly expanding market and to position U.S. companies to seize infrastructure-related export opportunities in Southeast Asia. The trade mission will …