Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT1086
2008-08-19 12:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001086
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
AGRICULTURE FOR FAS
COMMERCE FOR STARKS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAGR ETRD TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE
BUSH LEGS
REF: ASHGABAT 1075
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001086
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
AGRICULTURE FOR FAS
COMMERCE FOR STARKS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAGR ETRD TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE
BUSH LEGS
REF: ASHGABAT 1075
1. Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (U) This is an action request. See para. 4.
3. (U) Wepa Kariyev, Head of Foreign Economic Relations at
the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, called
Econoff on August 19 with an urgent request for contact
information for large U.S. poultry producers. He said that
Turkmenistan intends to make a large purchase of chicken legs
("Bush legs") in the very near future.
4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post asks for a list of large
chicken producers/exporters who could respond to a large
order and their coordinates (addresses, telephone and fax
numbers, websites, and corporate salesperson) that we could
pass to the Turkmenistan government. The Government of
Turkmenistan is accustomed to making such purchases very
quickly, once its officials have decided that this is the
course of action that they will take. Therefore, a very fast
response would be greatly appreciated. END ACTION REQUEST.
5. (SBU) COMMENT: Turkmenistan's flocks were heavily culled
due to avian influenza concerns in 2006. Since then, the
country has seen prices for both poultry and eggs rise
dramatically, culminating in a serious shortage of chicken at
the markets during the winter of 2007-08. The government is
clearly determined to prevent a similar situation in the
future. During an August 15 cabinet meeting, the president
called for Turkmenistan to establish new poultry farms. The
proposed purchase is clearly intended to be a stopgap measure
directed toward keeping poultry prices at the markets under
control. END COMMENT.
CURRAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
AGRICULTURE FOR FAS
COMMERCE FOR STARKS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAGR ETRD TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE
BUSH LEGS
REF: ASHGABAT 1075
1. Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (U) This is an action request. See para. 4.
3. (U) Wepa Kariyev, Head of Foreign Economic Relations at
the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, called
Econoff on August 19 with an urgent request for contact
information for large U.S. poultry producers. He said that
Turkmenistan intends to make a large purchase of chicken legs
("Bush legs") in the very near future.
4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post asks for a list of large
chicken producers/exporters who could respond to a large
order and their coordinates (addresses, telephone and fax
numbers, websites, and corporate salesperson) that we could
pass to the Turkmenistan government. The Government of
Turkmenistan is accustomed to making such purchases very
quickly, once its officials have decided that this is the
course of action that they will take. Therefore, a very fast
response would be greatly appreciated. END ACTION REQUEST.
5. (SBU) COMMENT: Turkmenistan's flocks were heavily culled
due to avian influenza concerns in 2006. Since then, the
country has seen prices for both poultry and eggs rise
dramatically, culminating in a serious shortage of chicken at
the markets during the winter of 2007-08. The government is
clearly determined to prevent a similar situation in the
future. During an August 15 cabinet meeting, the president
called for Turkmenistan to establish new poultry farms. The
proposed purchase is clearly intended to be a stopgap measure
directed toward keeping poultry prices at the markets under
control. END COMMENT.
CURRAN