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South Korea lifts restrictions on US poultry imports

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South Korea has lifted the ban on poultry and poultry product imports from the United States, including fresh eggs, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Posted on Aug 21 ,09:49

 

The American authorities notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on August 11 that it is now free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

“South Korea is one of our best-trading partners, and we want to continue being their most dependable supplier of high-quality food and farm products. Korea’s lifting of its most recent ban is an important move for our poultry and egg industries, but it is still just the first step,” said US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

South Korea is the US's tenth-largest market for poultry and eggs. In 2014, the last full year without any bird flu-related U.S. trade restrictions in place, South Korea purchased $122 million in U.S. poultry products, including eggs, making it the United States’ tenth-largest market, according to the USDA.

In 2016, only 39 million dollars worth of imports in South Korea were from the US. Total imports from all countries exceeded 350 million dollars last year.

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