IRAQ: OIL-FOR-FOOD HOLDS RELEASE

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
For Immediate Release
June 1,  2001
Taken Question(6/01/01)
IRAQ: OIL-FOR-FOOD HOLDS RELEASE

Question:  Provide examples of some of the material that we will now allow
to be shipped to Iraq by lifting our "holds".
Answer:
* THE ALMOST $800 MILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS RELEASED ON JUNE 1 (IN ADDITION
TO THE APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION WORTH OF HOLDS RELEASED SINCE MID-APRIL)
CONTAIN A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF SECTORS.
FOR INSTANCE:
* IN THE WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR:  PIPES; PUMPS AND PUMP SPARE PARTS;
WATER TANKERS; VALVES.
* IN THE OIL SECTOR:  PUMPS; DRILLING MACHINES; WELDING EQUIPMENT; LAND
SURVEYING EQUIPMENT; MOBILE WORKSHOPS.
* IN THE ELECTRICAL SECTOR:  STEEL-REINFORCED ALUMINUM CONDUCTORS; MOBILE
WIRE LINE UNITS; CABLE TESTING VANS.
* IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR:  WASTE HEAT BOILER FOR FERTILIZER PRODUCTION;
VALVES; PUMPS.
* IN THE HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION SECTORS:  TRUCKS; TRAILERS; EARTH MOVING
EQUIPMENT; HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS; STEEL PLATES.