IRAQ CUSTOMS TAX RETRACTED ON TURKISH POULTRY, BUT FULL CHICKEN IMPORTS HALTED
April 21st, 2015
Iraq’s government has been undertaking a series of policy twists to restrict the export of poultry products from Turkey. According to the Turkish Poultry Promotion Group, Iraq retracted a recent major increase in customs tax, only to halt all full chicken imports from Turkey as of April 8. Müjdat Sezer, chairman of the Turkish Poultry Promotion Group, part of the country’s ministry of economy, told globalmeatnews.com: “Iraq decided to stop all imports of full chickens from Turkey. We don’t know the reason yet, but we’re currently investigating ...
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