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Viewing cable 03ANKARA3061, Sauces/Fanta Beverage Base Classification;

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
03ANKARA3061 2003-05-12 06:49 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara 
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
 
UNCLAS ANKARA 003061 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EB/TPP/MTA/MST 
 
 
CUSTOMS FOR RCHOVANEC 
 
 
ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON TU
SUBJECT:  Sauces/Fanta Beverage Base Classification; 
Turkey Request Support for Candidacy at WCO 
 
Ref: (A) State 111099 (B) State 111059 
 
 
1. (U) Econoff presented U.S. positions on 
classification of sauces and of Fanta beverage base 
(reftels) to Ercan Saka, General Director, EU and 
Foreign Relations Department, Turkish Customs 
Undersecretariat, on May 6.  Saka responded that Turkish 
Customs would take these demarches into account in 
formulating Turkey's position on these issues.  However, 
he stated that the EU Customs Union gave Turkey very 
little flexibility to deviate from U.S. positions. 
 
 
2. (SBU) Saka told Econoff that Turkey had put forward 
the candidacy of Edip Aktas, currently a senior advisor 
at the Customs U/S, for top position at the World 
Customs Organization, competing against candidates from 
France (seeking a second term) and the Netherlands. 
Noting that he had raised Aktas' candidacy with U.S. 
Customs in the past, Saka asked for USG support in the 
WCO election.  Embassy will fax Aktas' biographical 
information to EB/TPP/MTA/MST. 
Pearson