21.01.2010

Thailand, a major chicken exporter in Southeast Asia, is prepared to supply poultry to Russia to compensate for U.S. imports that fail to comply with Russian standards.
Russia imposed a ban on the import and sale of chlorine-treated poultry as of January 1, citing new safety requirements. The change in regulations primarily affects U.S. imports, and Washington said it would damage its poultry industry and push prices up for Russian consumers.
Russia's quota for the United States this year is 600,000 metric tons of poultry. Imports from the United States, the world's largest poultry producer and exporter, accounted for some 22%, or 750,000 tons, of poultry consumed in Russia last year.
The U.S. may be allowed to continue poultry exports to Russia, but will have to review its chlorine treatment technologies in two or three months.