Telangana Poultry Federation Seeks 108% Anti-dumping Duty on US Imports
Sreenivasa Rao Dasari Expressing concerns over the possible import of chicken leg pieces from the US, the Telangana Poultry Federation (TPF) has requested the Indian government to impose anti-dumping duty to safeguard the domestic poultry sector. Since Americans don’t prefer chicken leg pieces as they eat only breast part, stocks of thrown away chicken leg pieces are piling up in the US, which wants to dump these products in India, says Errabelli Pradeep Kumar Rao, President, TPF. Speaking to The Dollar Business, Rao further said: “Import of chicken legs from USA is yet to take off. However, we have requested the Centre to impose anti-dumping duty to the extent of 108% to safeguard the domestic poultry. We are sure Indian poultry is ...
Kuwait bans Indian poultry products
The Dollar Business Bureau Following the outbreak of bird flu in Tripura on the 4th of January, Kuwait had imposed a ban on poultry product imports from India. In Oct the Gulf nations’ PAAFR department (Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources) had agreed to lift the ban on importing of live poultry, one-year old chicks of the egg laying hens and flesh hens from India. This decision by the Middle East could have a serious impact on India’s poultry exports as India mainly exports poultry to Middle East countries. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply said that it is important to share this information so that the same can be conveyed to the importing countries to ...
China bans USA poultry imports, will India be the next to do so?
Sai Nikesh D | The Dollar Business USA's poultry exports have grown to around $4 billion per year, but are expected to dip in 2014-15 In a move that is expected to hit the US poultry industry hard, the Chinese government has banned all imports of US poultry and egg products, effective January 8, 2015, after the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in some parts of USA last month. China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) have said that the ban will also cover breeding stock, which includes live chicks and hatching eggs. The ban has been imposed despite assurances by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...
India likely to appeal against WTO ruling on poultry imports soon
Bidhu Bhushan Palo | The Dollar Business Almost all corn and soybean used in conventional livestock and poultry production in USA is genetically modified US President Barack Obama will be in New Delhi as the Chief Guest during India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2015. Incidentally, that is the deadline for India to appeal against a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that forced India to open its door to poultry imports from USA. Despite being a top exporter of poultry products, USA has exported negligible quantities to India which is largely self-sufficient in poultry and poultry products. However, increasing supply in USA and a projected increase in consumption of poultry products in India due to the demographic and ...
