BRAZIL V EU – WTO
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRAZILIAN government has requested that a World Trade Organisation disputes panel arbitrates over a row with the European Union regarding the customs classification of imported frozen boneless chicken cuts from Brazil. In the past, where they had a salt content over 1.2 per cent, they were classified as salted meat. Brussels now classifies them as frozen chicken, with a higher duty rate.
THE BRAZILIAN government has requested that a World Trade Organisation disputes panel arbitrates over a row with the European Union regarding the customs classification of imported frozen boneless chicken cuts from Brazil. In the past, where they had a salt content over 1.2 per cent, they were classified as salted meat. Brussels now classifies them as frozen chicken, with a higher duty rate.
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