08.09.2010

Japan's agriculture ministry announced on Tuesday (07/09) that it is lifting a ban on Korean poultry imports.
The ministry had imposed the ban in May due to an outbreak of avian influenza but has now confirmed that Korean poultry products are free of the virus.
According to Japan's trade statistics, the country imported close to 800 tons of poultry from Korea in 2007.
Meanwhile Korea also resumed poultry exports to Hong Kong from Tuesday after trade was suspended last year due to the avian influenza outbreak.