INDIA’S BRANDED POULTRY MAKERS NERVOUS OVER ANTICIPATED AMERICAN IMPORTS

A leader of India’s poultry industry has called on the government in New Delhi to impose a significant customs duty on imported US chicken products, in the face of new anticipated American imports. Ramesh Chander Khatri, president of the Poultry Federation of India, told GlobalMeatNews there was a serious risk of farm and processing plants closures if the Indian government does not raise tariff barriers. He said that Indian poultry farmers will be closely watching the price of imported chicken products from the United States, which will be soon hitting the ...


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