US Convinces DR to Loosen Restrictions on American Poultry, USDA Says
The U.S. and the Dominican Republic recently agreed to “significantly reduce” restrictions the D.R. had established on American poultry after a 2022 outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report this week. The agency…
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said the new requirements will allow U.S. counties free of HPAI to export their poultry to the D.R., and the USDA expects the change will allow U.S. poultry producers to regain the market share they lost to Brazilian poultry exporters in the D.R. “This will represent additional exports of millions of dollars for U.S. poultry producers in 2023 and beyond,” USDA said. The agency said it worked with several D.R. government agencies and senior government officials to convince the country to reduce the restrictions.