03.06.2010

Russia says it will cut U.S. poultry imports by 25 percent and that it will get other countries to fulfill the amount.
Russia, a major poultry importer, banned all chlorine-treated poultry imports starting Jan. 1, outlawing the 600,000 tons of poultry allowed from the U.S. under revised quotas. U.S. and Russian officials have adopted a plan for renewing trade of poultry between the two countries, Russia and the US reached a compromise by agreeing on the chemicals that satisfy both sides. Under the new rules, importers will be obliged to indicate which substance was used in a separate document in addition to the veterinary certificate
U.S. farmers accounted for 20 percent of the 3.5 million tons of poultry Russia consumed last year. Since the ban, talks on lifting it have been stop-start.
A statement posted on the Industry and Trade Ministry's website late Wednesday says suppliers from any other nation will be allowed to provide the 150,000 tons of poultry this year that the U.S would have supplied.