Thank you for your inquiry concerning your wish to purchase aluminum from a factory in the Russian Federation. Palms & Company was founded in 1934 and has been an advisor to the Presidents of four countries and seven agencies of the United States Government.

Our credentials can be found at http://www.PeterPalms.com/credentials/

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HERE, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IS A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE PROCEDURES OF PALMS & COMPANY FOR ACTING AS A PURCHASING AGENT IN RUSSIA FOR ALUMINIUM BUYERS.

1. Buyer pays for product in cash, by wire transfer to Palms Bank at the time Russian factory has accepted the order and promised delivery. Payment is denominated in Dollars or Euro

2. Palms retains buyer's payment in our account denominated in Euros to hedge currency exchange.

3. Palms issues guarantee of payment to Russian fertilizer factory denominated in Russian Rubles through Palms's Russian bank.

4. When buyer receives the goods, Palms pays the Russian factory in Rubles

5. Palms & Company receives an expense retainer at the time we are engaged as Buyer's Purchasing Agents of $250,000. this covers the following expenses the Buyer has and incurs in establishing a reliable supplier. a secure manner:

A "Purchasing Agent" renders the following services the first year related to these Buyer's expenses.

* identifies primary producers available to supply Buyer

* assists with negotiation of purchasing order agreement and its execution

* assists with arranging inland transportation within the Russian Federation

* assists with securing collaboration and security with Russian railroad officials

* assists with arranging for in-transit security with guard service

* assist with arranging for availability of a berth in the harbor for loading the vessel.

* assists with availability of cranes with loading capacity to preclude extra per diem demeurage.

* assists with arranging Union official collaboration in Harbor with laborers performing the loading

* assist with selection of a reliable vessel under a flag other then Russian, to eliminate piracy risks or mysterious disappearance

* assist with selection of a reliable freight forwarder listed on New York Stock Exchange.

* Assst with securing cargo insurance with a recognized western insurance company

* assists with arranging for the cooperation of The Russian Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations with whom Palms & Company was licensed in 1990.

* assist with arranging documentation coordination with Russian Customs officials at port of embarcation, and customs clearance

* assist with repeat shipments in ensuing years

* assist with utilizing foreign exchange arbitrage

* assist with denomination of payment negotiations

expenses are more than offset (recovered) by savings between the purchase price Buyer has been paying in the past and the price at which Palms & Company is able to arrange for delivery

6. Price would be in the range $1106MT c.i.f. customer's designated port an could be as much as $125 MT lower

7. Ship-loads per delivery should be in 12,500 or preferably 25,000 ton quantities. Annual aggregate deliveries may be as high as 125,000 MT annually, or more by arrangement.

8. We expect to negotiate the amount of additional incentive performance compensation from Buyer in the form of a percentage of the savings effected compared to the prices presently paid by buyer, within 90 days of the date our services start.

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If this sounds like something that would meet your needs and objectives we would be pleased to answer any questions you may have by email, or to receive your visit to our offices in Seattle (Kirkland),

Washington State, USA for an eyeball-to-eyeball meeting. It is also possible for you to pay the expenses of having such a meeting take place in a country of your choosing.

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* AO Kandalaksha Aluminium Smelter - Kandalaksha (63.000)

* AO Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant - KrZA - Krasnoyarsk Part of RusAl (749.000)

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