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Viewing cable 07JERUSALEM1687, GAZA PRIVATE SECTOR STRUGGLES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07JERUSALEM1687 2007-08-14 15:18 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem
VZCZCXRO9846
OO RUEHROV
DE RUEHJM #1687/01 2261518
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 141518Z AUG 07
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8683
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JERUSALEM 001687 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR 
GOLDBERGER/SHAMPAINE/BELRADE; PRM FOR PRM/ANE; NSC FOR 
ABRAMS/SINGH/WATERS; TREASURY FOR 
SZUBIN/LOEFFLER/NUGENT/HIRSON; BRUSSELS FOR LERNER; PLEASE 
PASS TO USAID ANE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PHUM IS
SUBJECT: GAZA PRIVATE SECTOR STRUGGLES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS 
ARE MET 
 
REF: JERUSALEM 1455 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  While food and other basic essentials 
continue to flow into Gaza, the Gaza private sector is being 
significantly impacted by the continued closure of the 
Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing.  Contacts report that 85 
percent of industrial establishments have shut-down 
operations, at an estimated cost to the private sector of USD 
35 million.  Gaza's farmers have been forced to sell their 
produce locally, resulting in over supply in the market, low 
prices, and little profit.  Local farmers have decided to 
cultivate only one-sixth of last year's farm land for next 
year's harvest.  End summary. 
 
Through-Put At Crossings 
Limited Mostly To Food 
---------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) The Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing has remained 
closed since June 12 to all shipments except grains and 
animal feed, which have averaged 60 truckloads per week. 
According to the August 14 report provided by the Palestine 
Trade Center (Paltrade), daily through-put in July at Sufa 
and Kerem Shalom crossings was 98 and 21 truckloads, 
respectively.  Roughly 20 percent of all shipments into Gaza 
are humanitarian food stuffs delivered by UNRWA and the World 
Food Program (WFP), with the remaining 80 percent being 
commercial shipments of food and daily essential non-food 
items, such as soap and diapers.  According to the WFP, Gazan 
mills are maintaining approximately an eleven-day stock of 
wheat flour.  The same report notes that wheat prices were 
running approximately eleven percent higher than pre-June 12 
prices. 
 
3. (SBU) The Rafah crossing point has been closed since June 
12.  Erez crossing has been used for medical evacuation cases 
and limited pedestrian traffic.  Nahal Oz fuel transfer 
station has been open and has continued to supply fuel to 
Gaza. 
 
4. (SBU) UK colleagues, who have resumed routine trips into 
Gaza through Erez, report that food, fuel and medicine are 
entering Gaza in sufficient, albeit, lower quantities, and 
there are no serious shortages at present. 
 
Economy Winding Down 
-------------------- 
 
5. (SBU) As a result of Karni/al-Mintar's closure, 85 percent 
of industry establishments have shut down, while the 
remaining companies have been operating at 50 percent 
capacity, according to the Palestinian Shippers' Council 
August 2007 trade report.  The report estimated that, as of 
August 6, losses as a result of the closure have been USD 4 
million in the furniture sector; USD 12 million in the 
textile sector; and USD 3 million in the processed food 
sector.  The report states that 95 percent of construction 
projects in Gaza have been halted since June 12, as 
aggregates, concrete, and steel have not been imported (see 
ref).  Roughly 70,000 industrial workers have been laid-off 
in Gaza since June 12, according to the report. 
 
6. (U) Total losses for the Gaza private sector are now 
estimated at USD 35 million, according to the Shipper's 
Council report.  The Association of Palestinian Businessmen 
predicted this week that 120,000 Gazans could eventually lose 
their jobs, if the closure continues. 
 
7. (SBU) Gazan businessmen report that there are now more 
than 1000 containers of goods destined for Gaza that are 
stuck at Israeli ports and paying demurrage.  Gazan importers 
complain that West Bank businesses are taking advantage of 
the situation by buying the goods at discounted prices from 
Gazans unwilling or unable to pay continued demurrage. 
 
No Export Market For Gaza 
Fruits, Vegetables, And Fish 
---------------------------- 
 
8.  (SBU) Palestinian Agribusiness Partnership Activity 
(PAPA) Gaza-based project manager Salem al-Raiz (protect) 
said that Gaza fruits and vegetables are selling at 40-60 
 
JERUSALEM 00001687  002 OF 002 
 
 
percent of pre-June 12 prices because products grown for 
international export have had to be sold inside Gaza. 
Al-Raiz stated that tomato prices in Gaza markets are 70 
percent lower than pre-June 12 prices.  According to the 
Shippers' Council report, Gaza's 5,000 farmers, whose 
businesses depend on imported fertilizers, pesticides, 
sterilization gas, seeds, seedlings, and packaging materials, 
have lost profit incentive and do not plan to cultivate their 
plots of land for next year's harvest.  Al-Raiz said that 
last year Gaza farmers cultivated 3000 dunums; this year, 
however, only 500 dunums of land have been planted. 
 
9.  (SBU) The export freeze has resulted in an over-supply of 
fresh fish in Gaza markets and, subsequently, lowered prices 
and profits.  According to WFP's Campbell, the fishing sector 
experienced estimated daily losses of USD 32,000 from June 
12-August 6 due to the closure of Karni/al-Mintar crossing. 
PAPA's al-Raiz said that fish prices are 30 percent less than 
previous years. 
 
This Isn't The Sudan 
--------------------- 
 
10.  (SBU) OCHA Gaza representative Hamada al-Bayari told 
econoff August 13 that Gazans are receiving sufficient 
amounts of basic food items, but that economic activity will 
continue to stagnate with the closure of Karni/al-Mintar. 
However, he cautioned against comparing Gaza to the "poorest 
parts of Africa" and noted that Gazans compare their standard 
of living first and foremost to their brethren in the West 
Bank. 
WALLES