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thanks to Sandeep Vaidya - Ireland Against Sanctiond. (http://www.zawya.com) Iraqi oil exports to US surged in 2001 NICOSIA, Feb 2 (AFP) - Iraq's oil exports to the United States surged during 2001 under the United Nations programme despite political antagonism, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) reports. Exports of the two main Iraqi crudes, Basrah Light and Kirkuk, rose substantially over 2000, the Cyprus-based industry newsletter says in its February 4 edition. For Basrah Light, 79 percent of liftings went to North America in 2001 compared with 58 percent in the previous year, MEES said. And 31 percent of Kirkuk liftings were exported to the United States compared with just four percent in 2000. MEES noted that Iraqi oil exports to the Far East fell in 2001, but gave no explanation. Iraq exported an average 1.7 million barrels of oil per day in 2001 under the UN oil-for-food scheme set up in 1996 to soften the impact of UN sanctions imposed on Baghdad for invading Kuwait in 1990. It allows Baghdad to export crude oil under strict UN supervision and to use part of the revenue to import food, medicine and other necessities. bp/rp Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions - Ireland Website: http://www.endiraqsanctions.net; email: info@endiraqsanction.net To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: no-sanctions-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings.