US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT65

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000065 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR, ETRD, BEXP, ECON, PREL, Agriculture 
SUBJECT: KUWAIT LIFTS BAN ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS EXCEPT FROM 
WASHINGTON STATE 
 
REF: 03 SECSTATE 348293 
 
1.  On January 2, the GOK officially announced that it had 
lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef from all states 
except/except Washington, effective December 22, 2004.  The 
ban, imposed in late 2003 following the discovery of a 
BSE-infected cow in Washington State, prevented the import of 
all U.S. fresh, chilled and frozen beef and beef byproducts 
into Kuwait.  An informal translation of the ministerial 
order follows in para 2. 
 
2.  BEGIN TEXT OF MINISTERIAL ORDER. 
 
Ministerial Order No. 376 for the Year 2004 
 
It has been decided: 
 
Article 1.  The ban is to be lifted on the import of all 
kinds of fresh, chilled and frozen beef and its byproducts of 
U.S. origin except from the State of Washington. 
 
Article 2.  Ministerial Order No. 363 for the year 2003 
concerning the ban on the import of all kinds of fresh, 
chilled and frozen beef and its byproducts of U.S. origin is 
to be revoked. 
 
Article 3.  Concerned officials are to implement this order 
and enforce it from the date of its issuance and publish it 
in the Official Gazette. 
 
Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Taweel 
Minister of Commerce and Industry 
 
Issued on December 22, 2004 
 
Source:  Official Gazette, Issue No. 698, January 2, 2005 
 
END TEXT OF MINISTERIAL ORDER. 
 
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