UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
JAMES W. GOODCHILD
1990 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1630
HOUSTON, TX 77056
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BALTIC INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
BISA
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
August 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock |8/1/97 |G | | 13333 |A |(1) | 153271 |D | |
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Common Stock |8/29/97 |P | | 36000 |A |$0.56 | 153271 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number of |10.|11.Nature of|
Derivative |version |Transaction | Derivative |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri| Derivative |Dir| Indirect |
Security |or | | | Securities |Expiration | Securities |vative | Securities |ect| Beneficial |
|Exercise| | | Acquired(A) or|Date(Month/| |Secu | Benefi |(D)| Ownership |
|Price of| | | Disposed of(D)|Day/Year) | |rity | ficially |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | | Owned at |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | | End of |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | | Month |ct | |
|rity | Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | | |(I)| |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These shares were received as a gift.
/s/David A. Grossman, Attorney-in-Fact September 5, 1997
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON DATE
