Cablegate: Zimbabwe's Fy 2008 Sugar Exports to the U.S.

Monday, 14 July 2008, 2:46 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 08HARARE610

VZCZCXRO6483
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHSB #0610 1961446
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141446Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3174
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA 2012
RUEHAR/AMEMBASSY ACCRA 2144
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 2264
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0800
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1541
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR 1899
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 2320
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 4751
RUZEHAA/CDR USEUCOM INTEL VAIHINGEN GE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1410

UNCLAS HARARE 000610

AF/S FOR S.HILL
STATE FOR EEB/TPP/ABT/ATP JOHN MENARD
USTR FOR LESLIE O'CONNOR
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
AGRICULTURE FOR RONALD LORD
COMMERCE FOR BECKY ERKUL
TREASURY FOR D. PETERS AND T.RAND
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B.PITTMAN
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR L.DOBBINS AND E.LOKEN

SIPDIS

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE'S FY 2008 SUGAR EXPORTS TO THE U.S.

REF: STATE 071823

Zimbabwe shipped 12,017.590 MT of sugar to the United States on 16
September 2007. This amount covered Zimbabwe's full allocation of
sugar for FY 2008, according to S.J. Frampton, General Manager of
Zimbabwe Sugar Sales.

DHANANI

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