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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06ASHGABAT620	2006-06-12 11:47	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Embassy Ashgabat

VZCZCXRO5601
RR RUEHDBU RUEHLN RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHAH #0620 1631147
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 121147Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7435
INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 2550
RUEHNT/AMEMBASSY TASHKENT 4961
RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE 1635
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 1275
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1172
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0358
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC//DHO-2/REA/NMJIC-J2//
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//J5/RUE//
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHMFIUU/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ2/HSE/CCJ5//

UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000620 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR SCA/CEN 
ANKARA FOR AGRICULTURE COUNSELOR JAMES HIGGISTON 
TASHKENT FOR ESTH (PUTNAM) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
SUBJECT: AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN'S BAN ON IMPORTED LIVE 
POULTRY PRODUCTS HURTS LOCAL BUSINESSES 
 
REFTEL:      A) ASHGABAT 528 AND PREVIOUS 
 
             B) 05 STATE 153802 
 
Sensitive But Unclassified; Not for Internet 
Distribution. 
 
SUMMARY 
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¶1.  (SBU) THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) IMPOSED AN IMPORT 
BAN ON LIVE BIRDS AND EGGS ON JANUARY 22.  THE BAN 
DAMAGED LOCAL POULTRY BUSINESSES, WHICH PREVIOUSLY 
IMPORTED EGGS AND CHICKENS FROM IRAN AND TURKEY.  A STATE 
VETERINARY SERVICE OFFICIAL TOLD POL/ECON ASST THAT THE 
GOTX PLANS TO LIFT THE BAN JULY 1. END SUMMARY. 
 
LIVE POULTRY PRODUCTS BAN TO BE LIFTED 
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¶2.  (SBU) DURING A JUNE 6 CONVERSATION WITH POL/ECON 
ASST, STATE VETERINARY SERVICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUDAYBERDY 
MUHAMMEDOV SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE, 
THE MOH PLANS TO LIFT THE GOTX'S JANUARY 22 IMPORT BAN ON 
LIVE BIRDS AND EGGS ON JULY 1. 
 
¶3. (SBU) THE BAN HAS DESTROYED LOCAL POULTRY BUSINESSES, 
WHICH HAD BEEN IMPORTING 24-HOUR OLD CHICKENS FOR LOCAL 
BROILER MEAT PRODUCTION AND EGGS FOR LOCAL INCUBATORS TO 
PRODUCE EGG-LAYERS.  OWNER OF ALTYN HILAL BROILER MEAT 
PRODUCING FIRM AHMED CHARIYEV, THE ONLY PRIVATE PRODUCER 
OF CHICKEN MEAT IN TURKMENISTAN, SAID ON JUNE 6 THAT IN 
FEBRUARY HE LAID OFF ALL OF HIS 35-MEMBER STAFF AND 
CLOSED HIS BUSINESS.  THE FIRM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 30 
TONS OF MEAT PER MONTH AND SERVED 10% OF THE ASHGABAT 
MARKET.  (NOTE:  IMPORTED U.S. CHICKEN QUARTERS 
REPRESENTED 70% OF THE LOCAL MARKET AND FRENCH OR 
BRAZILIAN WHOLE CHICKENS REPRESENTED 20% OF THE LOCAL 
MARKET.  END NOTE.)  CHARIYEV SAID THAT ON MAY 15 LOCAL 
POULTRY PRODUCERS APPROACHED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WITH 
THE REQUEST TO LIFT THE BAN.  TWO LOCAL EGG PRODUCING 
FIRMS AKSA AND OMAR OSMAN, SLAUGHTERED THEIR BIRDS LAST 
FALL BECAUSE OF AI RISK AND PLANNED TO BRING EGGS FROM 
IRAN TO RENEW THEIR FLOCKS.  HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE BAN 
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO SO AND CLOSED THEIR BUSINESSES 
SOON AFTER THE BAN WAS IMPOSED. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) A LOCAL HEALTH SPECIALIST SAID POPULAR OPINION 
IS THAT THE WHO EXPERTS RECOMMENDED THE IMPORT BAN.  IN 
MUHAMMEDOV'S OPINION THE MOH ACTION WAS EXCESSIVE, 
ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WHEN THE RISK OF AI 
IS REDUCED.  MUHAMMEDOV ADDED THAT THE MOH CONTINUED TO 
IMPOSE THE BAN TO JUSTIFY THE MOH REQUEST TO THE WORLD 
BANK FOR AI PREPAREDNESS ASSISTANCE MONEY (REFTEL A). 
HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO A USAID TURKMENISTAN HEALTH PROJECT 
SPECIALIST, AS OF JUNE 7 THE WORLD BANK HAS NOT MADE ANY 
COMMITMENTS TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY. 
 
COMMENT 
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¶5.  (SBU) THE GOTX'S KNEE-JERK REACTION TO BAN IMPORTED 
POULTRY PRODUCTS IS AN ANTICIPATED RESPONSE.  THE GOTX'S 
REPEATED FAILURE TO PLAN ADEQUATELY EITHER TO PREVENT OR 
COMBAT AN AI OUTBREAK LEAVES OFFICIALS WITH FEW CHOICES 
BEYOND IRRATIONAL ATTEMPTS SIMPLY TO WILL AI AWAY.  THERE 
IS NO WAY TO PREDICT IF THE BAN WILL BE LIFTED ON JULY 1. 
A RISE IN MEAT PRODUCT PRICES IN THE BAZAARS WOULD 
ENCOURAGE A RATIONAL GOTX RESPONSE TO RE-OPEN ITS BORDERS 
TO POULTRY PRODUCTS FROM ABROAD.  END COMMENT. 
 
BRUSH

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