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India continues to restrict U.S. poultry
Story Date: 5/14/2012
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Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 5/14/12
The United States has requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a dispute settlement panel to decide U.S. claims regarding the government of India’s restrictions on imports of various U.S. agricultural products, including poultry meat.
“It is essential that U.S. farmers obtain the reliable market access that India agreed to,” said United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk in a press release. “The United States holds its agriculture industry to the highest standards of safety and is confident the WTO will agree that there is no justification for India's restrictions on U.S. exports.”
By conservative estimates, if India’s trade barriers were eliminated, the value of U.S. poultry exports to India each year would surpass $300 million.
In response to [the] announcement, the National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and USA Poultry & Egg Export Council released the following statement:
“Unfortunately, the government of India did not lift its unwarranted restrictions on U.S. poultry after consultations with the United States at the WTO in Geneva. However, we are pleased that USTR is taking the next step. We support the dispute settlement process moving forward as soon as possible with the formation of this panel.”
For years, India has used a variety of non-tariff trade barriers to deny access U.S. poultry to the Indian market.
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