RUSSIA QUOTAS
December 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWERUSSIA has tightened its meat import quotas for 2004 as part of a policy to cut food imports and encourage domestic livestock breeding. The Russian Meat Union said the approach had helped its poultry sector in 2003 and was being now being extended. Indeed Russian customs officials reported that meat imports declined in the first nine months of this year to 715,100 tons from 785,100 tons. Under the new quotas, the United States receives a poultry meat quota of 771,900 tons, while the European Union and the 10 countries joining next year have a total of ...
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