Prior to the arrival of the hurricane, oil companies in Trinidad and Tobago ceased production and removed workers from offshore rigs; the Atlantic LNG company closed exports.
23. (C) Both Pincu and Roey Gilad noted that the GOI continues to seek assistance in closing export control loopholes, including brokering.
Union leaders said the strike would seek to close off exports of oil from Nigeria, the world's No.7 oil exporter and the source of one-fifth of United States oil imports.
On over 120 working days this year, Karni has been closed for exports.Walid Abu Shouqa, head of security on the Palestinian side, complains that when the Israeli army closes Karni, it never gives him a reason.
But many of the state's ports have been closed, disrupting exports.
The financial centre of the country may have been closed but exports of cars and electronics were unaffected.
"Our intent is to shut down production and close off exports," said Kenneth Narebor, general secretary of a major union.
Added Doyle: "Before making the likes of Brown a felon, we need to pass [federal] legislation that closes the export loophole.
It is particularly bad in areas close to export markets, like the far east, where Chinese traders fuel a rising trade in raw logs.
"Most of the companies work as if tomorrow will be the end of the world" says Morozov. "Economically available forests are under strong pressure", say Greenpeace, who report "substantial overlogging" close to export markets.
