VZCZCXYZ0014
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHRY #0021 0811330
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 211330Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY CONAKRY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2308
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS CONAKRY 000021 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/W 
DEPT FOR EB/IFD/OMA 
DEPT FOR EB/ESC/IEC FOR PHAYMOND 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR FOR LAURIE ANN AGAMA 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO COMMERCE FOR SALIHA LOUCIF 
TREASURY FOR OFFICE OF AFRICAN NATIONS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
C O R R E C T E D COPY - Please disregard (ZDS Conakry 209) 
all previous MCNs/MRNs under this cable subject heading. 
Previous cables under this subject heading went out as 
duplicates in error. 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: ECON EPET PGOV GV
SUBJECT: GUINEA CUTS FUEL DELIVERIES BY 40% 
 
REF:  A) CONAKRY 0164 
 
      B) CONAKRY 0158 
      C) CONAKRY 0207 
 
¶1.  On March 14, Economic LES spoke with Elhadj Alpha Yaya 
Diallo, the chef de bureau for the gasoline depot in 
Conakry.  Yaya Diallo stated that the Minister of Commerce 
issued a written instruction to Customs authorizing the 
delivery of only 600,000 liters of gas per day from the gas 
depot to customers, effective March 13. Diallo said that 
usual shipments from the depot are approximately 1 million 
liters per day.  The letter also forbids gas stations from 
pumping fuel into containers as an anti-smuggling, anti- 
speculation measure.  These new rules are reportedly 
effective until further notice. 
 
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COMMENT 
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¶2.  COMMENT: The 40% cut in gasoline deliveries could be a 
government attempt to control the spiraling cost of the 
gasoline subsidy; essentially a holding action while they 
wait to resolve the real issue. (REFTELS) END COMMENT. 
 
BROKENSHIRE