PARAGUAY: HURRICANE RELIEF-- CHEMICAL PRODUCTS

UNCLAS ASUNCION 001129 SIPDIS STATE FOR TFUS01, WHA/BSC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PREL US PA AMER SUBJECT: PARAGUAY: HURRICANE RELIEF-- CHEMICAL PRODUCTS REF: A. STATE 163423 ¶B. STATE 163366 ¶C. ASUNCION 1110 ¶1. Post received the following additional information on the offer of chemical products to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts: Esteban Morabito, President of M.A.A.H.S.A, a chemical production company, has offered to send a large quantity of chemical products for pest control to assist with relief efforts. Morabito is offering to donate 6,000 units of Mapex Aerosol Amarillo 330ml, an insecticide to control flies, mosquitoes, and other flying insects. The product is a non-toxic pyrethroid-based insecticide. Morabito is prepared to send 63 corrugated cardboard boxes with 96 units each, weighing 2,056.88 kilograms (4,525 lbs). ¶2. Since Morabito does not speak English, he asks that any further questions be relayed through Post. Political Officer, Susan Sutter, is Embassy Asuncion's Point of Contact on this matter. Her office phone number is 011-595-21-213-715, Ext. 2286; her cell phone number is 011-595-971-202-100; her email is sutterss@state.gov. KEANE