EU lifts chicken import ban for Thailand

 The Department of Trade Negotiations is bullish on the outlook as the export will resume for the first time since January 23, 2004 when bird flu outbreak emerged in Thailand.
 Srirat Rastapana, director-general of the department, said that the export of salted fresh chicken meat will resume under the EU's quota, at 92,610 tonnes; and frozen chicken at 5,100 tonnes. Exports under the quota will be subjected to 0-15.4 per cent tariffs, against 93-512 per cent imposed on non-quota portion.
 "The ministry will rush on reopening the markets in Japan and South Korea, which were our major chicken importers. Both imposed the import ban in 2004," she said.