The U.S. Department of Agriculture has amended the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities to South America region for fiscal year 2004 by $200 million. The amendment increases the allocation from $700 million to $900 million.

This program announcement is issued in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 1493.10(d).

TERMS OF COVERAGE
All other terms and conditions as previously announced remain the same. The previous Foreign Agricultural Service announcement pertinent to this allocation is PR 0241-03.

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