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Viewing cable 09BRASILIA331, ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA

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09BRASILIA331 2009-03-17 20:40 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Brasilia
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 172040Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3815
INFO RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 9253
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 3734
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 7445
RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 7445
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 6148
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0364
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ 6849
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 4156
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 2135
RUEHTG/AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA 0151
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 2717
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BRASILIA 000331 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB KCRM BR
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA 
 
REFS: A. BRASILIA 124, B. CHARITA CASTRO EMAIL TO PRINCE AND 
TINSLEY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009, C. STATE 3075 
 
1.  (SBU) In ref A, Post noted that we could not confirm child or 
forced labor for certain products.  At this time we can provide 
additional information on those products. 
 
2. (U) Bananas and Talc: After further research, Mission does 
not/not believe these should be on the DOL List of Goods because in 
2007 and 2008 the Brazilian Ministry of Labor (MTE) did not find a 
single case of child labor during its inspections.   Moreover, in 
the case of talc, the child labor that was discovered in Ouro Preto, 
Minas Gerais, in 2006 seems to have been an isolated case. 
 
3.  (U) Bricks: the MTE found 14 cases of child labor in the 
production of bricks or pottery (labor in "olarias") in the 2007-08 
period in several states, and we have seen recent press reports and 
web sites concerning child labor for bricks and roof tiles, 
suggesting that child labor may be frequent enough to include bricks 
and roof tiles on the List of Goods. 
 
4.  (U) Corn: in the 2007-2008 period, child labor was found at a 
very low level - the MTE found seven children employed in corn 
growing in the town of Queimadas, Paraiba state, and a small number 
of children working at various locations handling corn, wheat, rice, 
soy, or other grains, making it impossible to state with certainty 
that children were involved in the production of corn when multiple 
products were handled.  The source materials DOL provided include 
press materials from 2004 and a report from November 2006 on the 
Reporter Brasil site regarding a farm in Minas Gerais that produced 
corn, among many crops.  In addition to the MTE statistics, we found 
on the Reporter Brasil website a report dated November 3, 2008, 
stating that the MTE found two children under age 15 working in corn 
production in Maranhao in 2008.  There are no other reports of child 
labor involving corn on the Reporter Brasil site in 2007 or 2008. 
In view of the very low numbers, we do not believe at this time that 
corn should be included on the List of Goods. 
 
5.  (U) Coffee: Mission stated in ref A that an NGO expert on forced 
labor told us there are very few forced labor cases associated with 
coffee.  We have no new information to add at this time. MTE 
statistics show that labor inspectors discovered only 45 children in 
coffee growing in the 2007-2008 period. 
 
6.  (U) Soybeans: Four children were found in soy cultivation in 
2007-2008.  (Note: We are not asking to exclude soy beans from the 
List of Goods at this time because some forced labor has been used. 
End note.) 
 
7.  (U) Comment: With regard to corn, coffee and soy beans, the low 
numbers almost certainly describe extremely isolated problems. 
Brazil is the world's third largest corn producer, after the U.S. 
and China, and the incidence of child labor reported by MTE 
inspectors must be viewed in this context.  In 2007/08, Brazil 
planted 14.8 million hectares of corn and produced over 58 million 
tons of corn. In 2008/2009 it is expected to produce 49.5 million 
tons.  Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, with a 2008 
output of 45,992 bags in 2008, more than double the amount of the 
second producer, Vietnam, and nearly quadruple the amount of the 
number three producer, Colombia.  Brazil is the world's second 
largest producer and exporter of soybeans (58 million tons produced 
in 2007; 21.3 million hectares planted in 2007/08), after the U.S. 
(71 millions tons produced in 2007).  The incidence of child labor 
in these crops is not only isolated but extremely low.  Mission does 
not consider it plausible that a significant problem with child 
labor is being overlooked in these crops.  The child labor 
inspection findings for them contrast sharply with the case of 
manioc where MTE inspectors have reported scores, even hundreds, of 
children producing manioc in the last two years: in the largest such 
cases in that period, the MTE discovered 482 children in one 
inspection operation in Maranhao, and 252 in an inspection operation 
in Pernambuco.   End comment. 
 
8.  (U) Tin: In ref A, Mission identified tin as a product about 
which we had credible information that child labor may be involved. 
We have looked at MTE statistics and found only one report, which 
involved 19 children at a site in Amazonas in July 2008.  However, 
they were all in the 16-17 years of age range, and therefore 
according to the guidelines in the Federal Register notice this is 
usually not considered child labor. 
 
 
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