EU lifts ban on Indian poultry meat imports

Dear members from India, producers, exporters, businessmen... What´s your opinion about the EU decision to lift the ban on poultry meat imports? Do you agree with the conditions? Some exporters from India claimed that the EU’s quality specifications are very stringent, and hence, exports to the EU member nations may not be very profitable.

This is a summary of this news story from the Asian Agribusiness Group:

The European Union (EU) has lifted a five-year ban on the import of poultry meat from India, although conditions will apply. Meat products, including bladders and intestines prepared from fresh meat of domestic poultry, including meat of farmed and wild game birds, which are exported must carry a health certificate issued by the Export Inspection Council of India. Managing Director of Indian poultry integrator Suguna Foods, GB Sundararajan told Asian Agribiz that this was good news for the Indian poultry industry. "India has a huge opportunity to export organic country birds to the EU.” Mr Sundararajan believes that in the long term, India can export poultry breast meat to the EU. He also revealed that Suguna is planning to export poultry meat to the EU. Currently, India exports various poultry products, including eggs and processed meat, worth USD 85 million a year. The EU accounts for 20-25%.

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