March 28, 2007

Japan partially lifts ban on Hungarian pork imports
 

Japan Wednesday partially lifted a ban on Hungarian pork imports, Hungarian business daily Napi Gazdasag reported, citing the Hungarian embassy in Tokyo.

Japan maintained the ban on pork from four Hungarian counties bordering Slovakia as pork fever was detected recently in wild boars in Slovakia.

Hungary exports about 11,000 tonnes of pork a year to Japan worth about 9 billion forints (US$48.3 million), equalling roughly 10-15 percent of all Hungarian pork exports.