A PDF version of the announcement is available here.

Aviso de Subasta en Español.

CCentral American Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (CA-PEQ) invites bids for the right to ship U.S.-origin chicken leg quarters to El Salvador duty-free under a CAFTA tariff-rate quota granted by the Republic of El Salvador to the United States. The export item is chicken leg quarters, bone-in (HTS nos. 0207.13.99B; 0207.14.99B; 1602.32.00A referred to in the text of CAFTA-DR, which correspond to SAC Nos. 0207.13.93, 0207.13.94, 0207.14.93, 0207.14.94 and 1602.32.10). The product must be imported into El Salvador on or before December 31, 2010. Certificates of Quota Allocation are being offered during this open tender for 460 metric tons in total. The next auction for the second tranche of 460 metric tons will be held May 17 - 28, 2010.

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 March 26, 2010. 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., Box 12, Washington, D.C. 20001, Tel (202) 684-2512, fax (202) 684-2233.