USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000837 SIPDIS USITC PASS TO L. SCHLITT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV KTEX MZ SUBJECT: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REF: SECSTATE 85109 ¶1. This is a reply to reftel requesting assistance to USITC in its investigation of select industries in sub-Saharan Africa. Post notes that Mozambique does not have an export industry in the agriculture sectors of coffee, shea butter, and tropical fruits, as specified reftel. In the mining and manufacturing sector, Mozambique does not have a natural rubber and downstream products industry. Mozambique does have a textile company producing for export. The country is in the process of developing a tourism industry. ¶2. Post's primary contact person for USITC is Pol/Econ Officer Etienne LeBailly, LeBaillyES"at"state.gov, telephone number 258 21 492 797, x3424. ¶3. As requested in para 5 reftel, contact information for the lone textile exporter is as follows: MAPUTO CLOTHING, Director Peter Young, telephone number 258 21 460 545. Contact information for the Ministry of Tourism is as follows: Mohamed Abdul Suamade Harun, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Tourism, cellular number 258 82 311 7920, email mharun"at"mitur.gov.mz. Chapman