Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANTANANARIVO277
2009-04-15 14:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Antananarivo
Cable title:
MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF
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UNCLAS ANTANANARIVO 000277
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/E-MBEYZEROV
USDA/FAS-RLORD
EB/TPP/ABT/ATP-JMENARD
STATE PASS TO USTR-LOCONNOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD MA
SUBJECT: MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF
RATE QUOTA
REF: STATE 31013
UNCLAS ANTANANARIVO 000277
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/E-MBEYZEROV
USDA/FAS-RLORD
EB/TPP/ABT/ATP-JMENARD
STATE PASS TO USTR-LOCONNOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD MA
SUBJECT: MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF
RATE QUOTA
REF: STATE 31013
¶1. (SBU) The USG does not recognize the current government of
Madagascar, following a military coup in March 2009; we were
thus unable to request the most recent statistics sought in
reftel on raw sugar exports. However, Madagascar has not
fulfilled its US quota since 2004, and remains a net importer
of sugar, bringing in roughly 100,000 tons of sugar each
year, primarily from Brazil and South Africa. Madagascar
exports 12,000 tons of sugar to the European Union, due to
beneficial trade preferences, but no longer exports any to
the United States.
MARQUARDT