Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07QUITO1239
2007-05-30 14:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Quito
Cable title:
ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
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C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 001239
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO WHA/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2017
TAGS: ETRD PREL CU EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 65523
Classified By: DCM Jefferson Brown, reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 001239
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO WHA/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2017
TAGS: ETRD PREL CU EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 65523
Classified By: DCM Jefferson Brown, reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
1. (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the
following information regarding trade and other relations
between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is
not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly
tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from
Cuba totaled only $747,280 (CIF).
2. (SBU) Ecuador exported a range of goods to Cuba in 2006.
The most important category by value was tuna (11% of
exports). The next largest exported product was unroasted
coffee (10%),followed by ceramics (9%),rubber (9%),
waste/animal feed (8%) and wood for parquet flooring (6%).
Ecuadorian exporters include Corporacion Industrial Fishing
Corp. and Expalsa Exportadora de Alimentos S.A. (fish),
Alimentsa, Dietas y Alimentos, S.A. (animal products),La
Fabril (edible oils),rose exporters such as Florisol, Eqr
Equatoroses C.A. and Loveroses, Cia. de Elaborados de Cafe
Elcafe and Kavecafe (coffee),Pinturas Condor (paint),and
Hilantex (textiles).
3. (SBU) The bulk of imports that Ecuador received from Cuba
in 2006 (47%) were classified as "other" medical instruments.
The next largest category were printed books (12%),followed
by pharmaceuticals (6%),and printed materials (5%). Each of
the other imports accounted for less than 5% of the total
imports Ecuador received from Cuba. Among the importers
were: The Embassy of Cuba Kavecafe Ecuatoriana S.A., Medicina
Cubana S.A. Mecu, Vegas del Caribe S.A. Tabacoribe (tobacco),
Chem Tech S.A., Energia y Comnicaciones Enercom Cia. Ltda.
(architectural/engineering),and the following individuals:
Ivan Alfredo Albuja Proano, Carmita Marina Pineda Carrion,
Marian Amalia Jaramillo Aguilera, Ivan Eduardo Larrea Andrade.
4. (SBU) Ecuador has a Bilateral Investment Treaty with Cuba
that was signed in 1997. Post is not aware of any
substantive Ecuadorian investment in Cuba.
5. (C) Cuba has also sent teachers and medical doctors to
Ecuador. In June 2006, Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage
traveled to Ecuador to attend the opening of housing
development and two ophthalmologic hospitals with Cuban
equipment and physicians to provide surgery. A Cuban group
called Mision Milagro that transports patients to Venezuela
and Cuba for medical treatment has been active since
approximately summer 2006 in Ecuador. Post estimates that
around 100 Cuban doctors work in Ecuador at any given time.
6. (C) To our knowledge, the government of Ecuador has not
actively promoted the advancement of democracy and human
rights in Cuba, through statements, resolutions or actions.
Ecuador maintains full diplomatic relations with Cuba.
7. (SBU) Former President Alfredo Palacio attended the
fourteenth summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana in
September 2006. Vice President Lenin Moreno visited Raul
Castro in Cuba on May 24, 2007 en route to the OAS summit in
Panama.
JEWELL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO WHA/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/31/2017
TAGS: ETRD PREL CU EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 65523
Classified By: DCM Jefferson Brown, reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
1. (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the
following information regarding trade and other relations
between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is
not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly
tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from
Cuba totaled only $747,280 (CIF).
2. (SBU) Ecuador exported a range of goods to Cuba in 2006.
The most important category by value was tuna (11% of
exports). The next largest exported product was unroasted
coffee (10%),followed by ceramics (9%),rubber (9%),
waste/animal feed (8%) and wood for parquet flooring (6%).
Ecuadorian exporters include Corporacion Industrial Fishing
Corp. and Expalsa Exportadora de Alimentos S.A. (fish),
Alimentsa, Dietas y Alimentos, S.A. (animal products),La
Fabril (edible oils),rose exporters such as Florisol, Eqr
Equatoroses C.A. and Loveroses, Cia. de Elaborados de Cafe
Elcafe and Kavecafe (coffee),Pinturas Condor (paint),and
Hilantex (textiles).
3. (SBU) The bulk of imports that Ecuador received from Cuba
in 2006 (47%) were classified as "other" medical instruments.
The next largest category were printed books (12%),followed
by pharmaceuticals (6%),and printed materials (5%). Each of
the other imports accounted for less than 5% of the total
imports Ecuador received from Cuba. Among the importers
were: The Embassy of Cuba Kavecafe Ecuatoriana S.A., Medicina
Cubana S.A. Mecu, Vegas del Caribe S.A. Tabacoribe (tobacco),
Chem Tech S.A., Energia y Comnicaciones Enercom Cia. Ltda.
(architectural/engineering),and the following individuals:
Ivan Alfredo Albuja Proano, Carmita Marina Pineda Carrion,
Marian Amalia Jaramillo Aguilera, Ivan Eduardo Larrea Andrade.
4. (SBU) Ecuador has a Bilateral Investment Treaty with Cuba
that was signed in 1997. Post is not aware of any
substantive Ecuadorian investment in Cuba.
5. (C) Cuba has also sent teachers and medical doctors to
Ecuador. In June 2006, Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage
traveled to Ecuador to attend the opening of housing
development and two ophthalmologic hospitals with Cuban
equipment and physicians to provide surgery. A Cuban group
called Mision Milagro that transports patients to Venezuela
and Cuba for medical treatment has been active since
approximately summer 2006 in Ecuador. Post estimates that
around 100 Cuban doctors work in Ecuador at any given time.
6. (C) To our knowledge, the government of Ecuador has not
actively promoted the advancement of democracy and human
rights in Cuba, through statements, resolutions or actions.
Ecuador maintains full diplomatic relations with Cuba.
7. (SBU) Former President Alfredo Palacio attended the
fourteenth summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana in
September 2006. Vice President Lenin Moreno visited Raul
Castro in Cuba on May 24, 2007 en route to the OAS summit in
Panama.
JEWELL