August 16, 2010

Russia's Turkish poultry import quota to rise

Legal barriers to Turkish poultry imports have now been removed and that the import quota would be raised from 57,000 tonnes in 2010 to 150,000 tonnes in 2011, announced the Russian agriculture minister.

In May, Russia and Turkey signed a number of protocols on agriculture, including two aimed at simplifying procedures for Turkish companies looking to export poultry and products to Russia.

Earlier, plans to export 500,000 tonnes of poultry to Russia annually have failed, making Turkey to expand to its regional markets such as Iran and Iraq.

Turkish poultry producers increased their output by between 5-10% this year as they were hoping to sell their product to Russia. However, these plans turned out to be unsuccessful as Russia reached an agreement with the US to import poultry.