WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/141
3 November 1999
(99-4748)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NATIONAL NOTIFICATION AUTHORITIES
Note by the Secretariat
The present document contains a list of names, addresses, telephone and telefax numbers of the
national notification authority foreseen in Paragraph 10 of Annex B of the Agreement, as submitted to the
Secretariat as of 1 November 1999.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of TradeP.O. Box 1550
Redcliffe Street
St. John's
Telephone: + (809) 462 16 26/28
462 15 42
Telefax: + (809) 462 16 25
Argentina
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca y Alimentación
Dirección Nacional de Mercados Agroalimentarios
Paseo Colón 922, Oficina 40
1063 Buenos Aires
Telephone: + (541) 349 22 42/349 22 43
Telefax: + (541) 349 22 44
E-mail/Internet/: relint@inea.com.ar
Website: http://senasa.mecon.gov.arG/SPS/GEN/141
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Australia
Policy and International Division
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
GPO Box 858Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: + (612) 6272 4146
Telefax: + (612) 6272 3678
E-mail/Internet: sps.contact@aqis.gov.au
Web site:  http://www.aqis.gov.au
Belize
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Belmopan
Telephone: + (5018) 22 330
Telefax: + (5018) 22 409
Bolivia
Dirección Nacional de Producción y Protección Agrícola
Av. Camacho n° 1471, Piso 5
La Paz
Telephone: + (5912) 37 42 68/37 42 70
 interno 126
Telefax: + (5912) 35 75 35
Botswana
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of AgriculturePrivate Bag 003
Gaborone
Telephone: + (267) 350 500
Telefax: + (267) 356 027G/SPS/GEN/141
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Brazil
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária (SDA)
Ministério da Agricultura e da Reforma Agrária (MAARA)
Esplanada dos MinistériosBloco 'B', anexo 'B', sala 406
Brasília - DF - 70.170
Telephone: + (5561) 218 23 14/218 23 15
Telefax: + (5561) 224 39 95
E-mail/Internet: cenagri@agricultura.gov.br
Brunei Darussalam
International Relations and Trade and Development Division
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Telephone: + (6732) 38 28 22
Telefax: + (6732) 38 28 46/38 38 11
Bulgaria
For measures in the field of animal or plant health:
Ms. Kristina Guirguinova
Ms. Verginia MintchevaMinistry of Agriculture, Forests and Land Reform
55 "Hristo Botev" Blvd.
1040-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 980 38 92
Telefax: + (3592) 510 785
For measures in the field of human health:
Dr. Michael Popov
Ministry of Health
5 "Sveta Nedelya" Square1000 Sofia
Telephone: + (359 2) 981 57 25
Telefax: + (359 2) 883 413G/SPS/GEN/141
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Canada
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  (Technical Barriers and Regulations)
125 Sussex DriveOttawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
Telephone: + (1613) 992 16 17
Telefax: + (1613) 943 03 46
Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Departamento de Asuntos Internacionales
Avenida Bulnes 140Santiago
Telephone: + (562) 672 36 35/688 38 11
Telefax: + (562) 671 74 19
E-mail/Internet: rrii@sag.minagri.gob.cl
dai@sag.minagri.gob.cl
Colombia
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y Calidad
Carrera 13 No. 28-01, Piso 8
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: + (571) 338 06 41
Telefax: + (571) 245 72 56
Costa Rica
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Protección Agropecuaria
Apartado 10094-1000
San José
Telephone: + (506) 231 19 39/231 76 73/231 50 55
Telefax: + (506) 231 50 04G/SPS/GEN/141
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Cuba
Ministerio del Comercio Exterior
Dirección de Organismos Internacionales
Calle Infanta No. 16 7mo. PisoVedado
Ciudad de la Habana
Telephone: + (537) 74 22 05/74 22 07/74 22 08
Telefax: + (537) 33 34 82
Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources
  and Environment1411 Nicosia
Telephone: + (357) 2 30 08 17
Telefax: + (357) 2 78 11 56
E-mail/Internet:  doagrg@cytanet.com.cy
Czech Republic
Ing. Miluška Vrlová
Director
Department of International Trade Cooperation - 4010
Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
Těšnov 17
117 05 Praha 1
Telephone: + (4202) 218 124 48
Telefax: + (4202) 248 106 52
E-mail/Internet: kantorova@mze.cz
Dominica
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Marketing
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Telephone: + (767) 448 2401 Ext 3213
Telefax: + (767) 448 6103/5200G/SPS/GEN/141
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Dominican Republic
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Km. 61/2, Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Jardines del NorteSanto Domingo
Telephone: + (1809) 547 38 88
Telefax: + (1809) 227 12 68
Ecuador
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Avenida Amazonas y Avenida Eloy Alfaro (esquina)
Quito
Telephone: + (5932) 504 433/526 302/
 550 502
Telefax: + (5932) 500 873
Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Economic Affairs
7 Nady El-Said Street
Dokki
Telephone: + (202) 337 48 73
Telefax: + (202) 337 48 73
E-mail/Internet:  Sea@idsc.gov.eg
El Salvador
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Comercial
Edificio "C 2" 3a Planta
Alameda Juan Pablo II
Plan Maestro, Calle GuadalupeCentro de Gobierno
San Salvador, C.A.
Telephone: + (503) 221 3583/281 1122
Telefax: + (503) 221 4771E-mail/Internet: policom@sal.gbm.net
Website: http://www.minec.gob.svG/SPS/GEN/141
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European Communities
European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Directorate VI/H130 rue de la Loi
Brussels 1049
Telephone: + (322) 296 16 51
Telefax: + (322) 295 24 16
Fiji
The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA
Private Mail Bag
RaiwaqaSuva
Telephone: + (679) 384 233
Telefax: + (679) 385 048
Grenada
Mr. Paul Graham
Agricultural OfficerPest Management Unit
Botanical Gardens
St George's
Telephone: +(1 473) 440 00 19
Telefax: +(1 472) 440 88 66
E-mail address: PMU@Caribsurf.com
Guatemala
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Asuntos Comerciales Multilaterales8a Avenida 10-43 Zona 1
Guatemala ciudad
Guyana
Food safety standards and policy:
Director
Bureau of Standards
Sophia Exhibition Complex – Flat 15Sophia, Georgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 59 041/56 226
Telefax: + (592 2) 57 455G/SPS/GEN/141
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Plant protection and livestock health:
Chief Crops and Livestock Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Regent and Vlissengen Roads
Georgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 56 281
Telefax: + (592 2) 56 281
Haiti
Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie
Champ-de-Mars
Port-au-Prince
Telephone: + (509) 222 44 42/222 24 99/222 21 25
Telefax: + (509) 223 84 02
Honduras
Secretaía de Estado en el Despacho de Industria y Comercio
Dirección General de Integración y Política Comercial
Edificio Larach, 10° piso
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Telephone: + (504) 222 60 55/222 18 19/238 20 33
Telefax: + (504) 238 13 36
Hong Kong, China
Trade Department
Government of the Hong Kong  Special Administrative Region
17/F, Trade Department Tower
700 Nathan Road
Hong Kong
Telephone: + (852) 2398 5398
Telefax: + (852) 2789 2491
E-mail/Internet:
tdtom@netvigator.com
Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
Department for International Economic Affairs
1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Telephone: + (361) 131 35 78
Telefax: + (361) 132 67 96G/SPS/GEN/141
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Iceland
Ministry of Agriculture
Sölvhólsgata 7150 Reykjavik
Telephone: + (354) 560 97 50/560 97 75
Telefax: + (354) 552 11 60
E-mail/Internet:  halldor.runolfsson@lan.stjr.is
India
Trade Policy Division
Ministry of Commerce
Udhyog BhavanMaulana Azad Road
New Delhi - 11 00 11
Telephone: + (9111) 301 46 60/301 36 23
Telefax: + (9111) 301 35 83
Indonesia
Centre for Standardization and Accreditation
Agency for Agribusiness
Ministry of Agriculture
Jl. Harsono RM no. 3, Ragunan
Jakarta 12550
Telephone: + (6221) 780 43 67
Telefax: + (6221) 780 43 67
Israel
Mr. Eldad Landshut
Director
Plant Protection and Inspection Services
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 78
Beit Dagan 50250
Telephone: + (972 3) 968 1500
Telefax: + (972 3) 968 1507
E-mail/Internet: ppis@netvision.net.ilG/SPS/GEN/141
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Jamaica
Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector
Ministry of Agriculture
Hope GardensKingston 6
Telephone: + (1809) 927 35 14
Telefax: + (1809) 927 17 01/927 19 04
Japan
Standards Information Service
First International Organizations Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs2-2-1
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (813) 3580 3311
Telefax: + (813) 3503 3136
Kenya
Mr. Lawrence Maina Ndeeri
Director
Department of External Trade
Ministryof Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 43137
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 33 35 55
Telefax: + (2542) 22 60 36
E-mail/Internet: T. B. A.
Korea
Multilateral Trade Organizations Division
International Trade Bureau
Ministry of Foreign AffairsUnified Government Building
77-6 Sejong-ro, Chongro-ku
Seoul
Telephone: + (822) 720 21 88/739 91 42
Telefax: + (822) 738 97 26
E-mail/Internet: trade9@www.dacom.co.krG/SPS/GEN/141
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Kyrgyz Republic
State Inspectorate on Standardization and Metrology
  "Kyrgyzstandard"
197 Panfilov Str.Bishkek
Telephone: + (996 312) 66 14 56
Telefax: + (996 312) 66 13 67
E-mail/Internet: kmc@infotel.kg
Latvia
WTO Information Division
Department of Quality Manageme nt and Structure Development
Ministry of Economy55 Brivibas Street
Riga LV-1519
Telephone: + (371) 7 01 31 97/7 01 32 36
Fax: + (371) 7 28 08 82
Liechtenstein
Office for Foreign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 14
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: + (4175) 236 60 52
Telefax: + (4175) 236 60 59
Macau
"Leal Senado"
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro
Edificio Leal Senado
Telephone: + (853) 38 73 33/38 39 93
Telefax: + (853) 34 18 90G/SPS/GEN/141
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Madagascar
Gabriel Rasoloarivelo RASAMOELINA
Directeur de la Protection des Végétaux
Ministère de l'Agriculture101 Antananarivo
Madagascar
Telephone: +(26120) 224 1613/224 1614
Telefax: +(26120) 225 08
Malawi
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Attn:  The Director of Commerce
P.O. Box 30366Lilongwe 3
Telephone: + (265) 78 02 44
Telefax: + (265) 78 06 80
E-mail/Internet: minci@malawi.net
Malaysia
Secretary General
Ministry of Agriculture
Macro and Strategic Planning Division
Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: + (603) 298 69 68
Telefax: + (603) 291 56 42
Website: http://agrolink.moa.my/
Malta
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and FisheriesBarriera Wharf
Valletta
Telephone: + (356) 22 52 36
Telefax: + (356) 23 12 94
E-mail/Internet: victor.farrugia@magnet.mtG/SPS/GEN/141
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Mauritius
Plant Quarantine Services
Agricultural Services
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesRéduit
Telephone: + (230) 464 48 74
Telefax: + (230) 464 87 89
E-mail/Internet: motas@bow.intnet.mu
Web site: http:/ncb.intnet.mu/mfa/index.htm
Mexico
Centro de Información de la Dirección General de Normas
SECOFIAvenida Puente de Tecamachalco n°6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
Naucalpan, 53950 Edo. de México
Telephone: + (525) 729 94 85
Telefax: + (525) 729 94 84
E-mail/Internet: cidgn@secofi.gov.mx
Mongolia
Ms. Saran
Mr. Bayarsaikhan (Responsible for WTO SPS notification)
State Agricultural Inspection Agency
Peace Avenue 16
Ulaanbaatar 49
Telephone: +(976-1) 45 77 85/45 88 43
Telefax: +(976-1) 45 47 42
Morocco
Ministère du Commerce Extérieur
63 avenue Moulay Youssef
B.P. 610Rabat - Chellah
Telephone: + (212-07) 70 33 63/70 63 06/70 63 89/
     70 63 21
Telefax: + (212-07) 70 37 01G/SPS/GEN/141
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Myanmar
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA)
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
653-691 Merchant StreetYangon
Telephone: + (951) 822 07/720 52/752 29
Telefax: + (951) 82 101
Namibia
Mr. J.A. Faul
Directorate of Planning
Private Bag 13184
Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Rural DevelopmentWindhoek
Telephone: + (264 61) 208 77 10
Telefax: + (264 61) 208 7767
E-mail/Internet: divplan@iafrica.com
New Zealand
Andrew Matheson
Biosecurity Authority
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
ASB Bank House
101 The Terrace
P.O. Box 2526
Wellington
Telephone: + (64) 4 474 41 00
Telefax: + (64) 4 474 41 33
E-mail/Internet:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Web site: http://www.maf.govt.nz/SPS/index.htm
Nicaragua
Ing. Danilo Cortés
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y AnimalMinisterio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Kilometro 8 1/2, Carretera a Masaya
Managua
Telephone: + (5052) 783 412
Telefax: + (5052) 785 864G/SPS/GEN/141
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Norway
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WTO Section
Post box 8114 Dep.0032 Oslo
Telephone: +(47) 22 24 36 00
Telefax: +(47) 22 24 95 80
Pakistan
Joint Secretary (Administration)
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
Government of Pakistan
B-Block, Pakistan SecretariatIslamabad
Telephone: + (9251) 210 351
Telefax: + (9251) 922 1246
Panama
Consejo de Comercio Exterior de la Presidencia de la República de Panamá
Avenida BalboaEdificio Bay Mall, Piso No. 3, Oficina 312
Apartado postal:  378, Zona 3, Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 265 17 60/17 61/17 62/17 63
Telefax: + (507) 265 17 59
E-mail/Internet: econcex@sinfo.net
juconcex@sinfo.net
Papua New Guinea
The Secretary
Department of Trade and Industry
Heduru Haus
Free Mail Bag
Waigani
National Capital DistrictPort Moresby
Telephone: + (675) 325 5426/325 4829/
325 5311/325 6699
Telefax: + (675) 325 4482G/SPS/GEN/141
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Paraguay
In the field of animal health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Subsecretaría de Estado de GanaderíaCalle ciencias Veterinarias y 1o
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 58 224/585 131
Telefax: +(59521) 585 212
In the field of plant health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Direccíon de Defensa Vegetal
Ruta Mariscal Estigarribia - Km. 11
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 214 858/570 513
Telefax: +(59521) 570 513
Peru
In the field of human health :
National Health Institute (INS)
Head:  Dr. Carlos Carrillo
Tizón y Bueno 268, Jesús MaríaLima 21
Telephone: + (51-1) 463 38 33/460 0310/460 0316/
 471 3254
Telefax: + (51-1) 463 9617
In the field of agrarian health:
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
Head:  Dr. Elsa Corbonell Torres
Psje Francisco de Zela s/n, piso 10
Lima 21
Telephone/fax: + (51-1) 423 03 20
E-mail/Internet: odominguez@senasa.minag.gob.pe
(Head Animal Health Officer)
vrisco@senasa.minag.gob.pe
(Animal Quarantine and Registry Specialist)adelarosa@senasa.minag.gob.pe (Plant health)
jbarrenechea@senasa.minag.gob.pe (Plant Health)
Website:   http://www.minag.gob.pe/minag/senasa/indice.htmG/SPS/GEN/141
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Philippines
Policy Analysis Service
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, DilimanQuezon City
Telephone: (632) 920 40 84/929 82 47
Telefax: (632) 928 08 50
E-mail/Internet: policy@skyinet.net
Poland
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
Departament Rynku i Gield
ul. Wspólna 3000-930 Warszawa
Telephone: + (4822) 623-22-66, 621 57 54
Telefax: + (4822) 623 21 05
E-mail/Internet: wet@minrol.gov.pl
wf@pior.gov.pl
Website: www.vetpol.org.pl/piw.htm
www.pior.gov.pl
Romania
Agence Nationale Sanitaire-Vétérinaire
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation
24 Boulevard Carol I
Sector 3, Code postal 7003
Bucarest
Telephone: + (401) 615 78 75
Telefax: + (401) 312 49 67
Saint Lucia
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Government Buildings
Block B, Castries WaterfrontCastries
Telephone: + (758) 452 2627
Telefax: + (758) 453 7347G/SPS/GEN/141
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Senegal
Direction de la Protection des Végetaux
Km 15, Route de Rufisque
B.P. 20052Thiaroye
Dakar
Telephone: +(221) 34 03 97
Telefax: +(221) 34 28 54
Singapore
Singapore Trade Development Board
230 Victoria Street, 10th Floor
Bugis Junction Office TowerSingapore
Telephone: +(65) 337 66 28
Telefax: +(65) 337 68 98/337 68 38
Slovak Republic
Slovak Institute for Standardization
Information Centre WTOKarloveská 63
84245 Bratislava
Telephone: + (427) 49 68 47/49 80 30
Telefax: + (427) 49 78 86
E-mail: uksup@internet.sk
cery@ba.sknet.sk
Slovenia
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Parmova 33
1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: + (38661) 322 197/323 643
Telefax: + (38661) 313 631G/SPS/GEN/141
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South Africa
The Director:  International Trade
Private Bag X791
Pretoria 0001
Telephone: + (2712) 319 61 20
Telefax: + (2712) 326 65 41
E-mail/Internet: dm@nda.agric.za
Sri Lanka
Director
Department of Animal  Productions and Health
Getambe
Peradeniya
Telephone: + (948) 884 62/63
Telefax: + (948) 881 95
Swaziland
Mr. N.M. Nkambule
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and CooperativesP.O. Box 162
Mbabane
Telephone: + (268) 404 6361/404 2746
Telefax: + (268) 404 4700
Switzerland
Office fédéral des affaires économiques extérieures
3003 Berne
Telephone: + (4131) 324 07 82
Telefax: + (4131) 324 09 59G/SPS/GEN/141
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Chinese Taipei
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
9F, 51 Sec.2, Chung Ching South RoadTaipei, Taiwan 100
Telephone: + (886) 2 2343 1401
Telefax: + (886) 2 2343 1400
E-mail/Internet: wtosps
@mail.baphiq.gov.tw
Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street, Bangkok  10400
Telephone: + (662) 202 34 01/202 35 07/202 35 10
Telefax: + (662) 247 87 41
E-mail/Internet: thaistan@tisi.go.th
stdinfo@tisi.go.th
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th
Trinidad and Tobago
Permanent Secretary
Mr. Winston Connell
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Level 12, Riverside Plaza
Besson Street
Port of Spain
Telephone: + (1809) 627 8451
Telefax: + (1809) 627 8488
Tunisia
Ministère du Commerce
Direction de la Coopération économique
  et commerciale
Rue Khereddine Pacha
Tunis
Telephone: + (2161) 78 56 34
Telefax: + (2161) 78 27 42G/SPS/GEN/141
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Turkey
Mr. Yusuf Salcan
Tarim ve Köyisleri Bakanligi
Koruma ve Kontrol Genel MüdürlügüAkay Cad. No. 3
Ankara
Telephone: + (90312) 418 14 68
Telefax: + (90312) 418 80 05
E-mail/Internet: food@food.gov.tr
Website: http://www.food.gov.tr
Uganda
The Ministry of Trade and Industry
Directorate of Foreign Trade
Farmers House, Parliament Avenue
P.O. Box 7103
Kampala
Telephone: + (256 41) 254091/2
+ (256 41) 243947
Telefax: + (256 41) 251578
United States
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Stop 1027
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
1400 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, D.C. 20250
Telephone: + (202) 720 22 39
Telefax: + (202) 690 06 77
E-mail/Internet:   wilsonc@fas.usda.gov
Uruguay
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Dirección General para Asuntos Económicos Internacionales
Avenida 18 de julio 1205
Montevideo
Telephone: + (5982) 92 06 18
Telefax: + (5982) 91 74 13
E-mail/Internet: dioe42@mrree.gub.uyG/SPS/GEN/141
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Venezuela
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Servicio Autónomo de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SASA)
Parque Central, Torre EsteCaracas 1010
Telephone: + (582) 509 03 77/509 05 96
Telefax: + (582) 509 03 76
Zambia
Mr. Oliver Sikufweba
Director (Trade)
Ministry of Commerce, Trade & Industry
PO Box 31968Lusaka
Telephone: +(260-1) 22 14 75
Telefax: +(260-1) 22 66 73
Zimbabwe
Dr. S. Z. Sithole
Department of Research and Specialist ServicesMinistry of Lands and Agriculture
Box CY 594, Causeway
Harare
Telephone: + (2634) 70 03 39/70 45 31
Telefax: + (2634) 70 03 39
E-mail address: plantpro@harare.iafrica.com
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