US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT2631

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KUWAIT LIFTS REMAINING BAN ON US BEEF IMPORTS

Identifier: 05KUWAIT2631
Wikileaks: View 05KUWAIT2631 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2005-06-14 07:18:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD EAGR TBIO KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

140718Z Jun 05

 
UNCLAS KUWAIT 002631 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS USTR JFENNERTY AND JBUNTIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, EAGR, TBIO, KU 
SUBJECT: KUWAIT LIFTS REMAINING BAN ON US BEEF IMPORTS 
 
REF: A. KUWAIT 989 
 
     B. KUWAIT 571 
     C. KUWAIT 301 
     D. STATE 9666 
     E. STATE 9643 
     F. KUWAIT 65 
 
1.  (U) On May 29, Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
issued Ministerial Resolution 166, lifting the remaining ban 
on fresh, chilled and frozen imports of beef and its 
derivatives from Washington state to Kuwait (full text in 
para 2).  The order went into effect on June 12, following 
its publication in the official gazette.  All U.S. beef may 
now be imported into Kuwait. 
 
2.  (U) Text of Ministerial Resolution 
 
Date:  May 29, 2005 
Ref:  M/394/36/2005 
 
Ministerial Resolution No. 166 for the Year 2005 
 
The Minister of Commerce and Industry: 
 
Upon reviewing: 
 
- Law No. 43/1964 pertaining to imports. 
- Law No. 20/1976 pertaining to the prevention of fraud in 
commercial deals and its amendments. 
- Decree No. 10/1979 pertaining to supervision of trading and 
pricing. 
- Ministerial Resolution No. 376/2004 pertaining to the 
lifting of the ban on beef imported from the USA except from 
Washington state. 
- The Food Safety Committee's recommendations from its 
meeting No. 7 dated May 8, 2005. 
- The Undersecretary's presentation. 
- The public interest. 
 
Decided: 
 
Article 1.  The ban on imports of fresh, chilled and frozen 
beef and its derivatives should be lifted from the entire 
United States, including Washington state. 
 
Article 2.  Those responsible should enforce this resolution 
and work accordingly from its date of issue and publication 
in the official gazette. (Note.  The resolution appeared in 
the June 12, 2005 official gazette.  End Note.) 
 
Minister of Commerce and Industry 
Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Taweel 
LEBARON 

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