Livestock farmers urge Govt to take measures to resume egg exports to Qatar
The Dollar Business Bureau The livestock farmers in India have prodded the Government to initiate measures in order to resume the exports of eggs to Qatar, which is now buying the commodity from EU and US at higher prices after the Gulf nation was isolated by its neighbours. Before 2008, India was meeting 80% of Qatar’s requirements for table eggs. However, after the outbreak of bird flu (avian influenza) in 2006 and 2008 in the northern region of the country, Qatar banned poultry products from India including eggs, according to the Livestock & Agri Farmers Trade Association. Despite norms set by the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) to remove the ban after a surveillance of 90 days and to allow imports from ...
