Poultry trade negotiations between the United States and Russia continue

Lead: bernalio (New Mexico, U.S.) Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S Undersecretary of agriculture J.B Penn said on Wednesday that the two countries will continue high-level talks this week to resolve the poultry trade dispute between the United States and Russia "Negotiations with the United States continue," Penn, who is attending a sugar conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, told reporters We are trying to make every effort to reach an agreement as soon as possible "As the largest buyer of low-cost poultry products in the United States, Russia has put forward stricter health and safety requirements for the import of poultry products from the United States than before The two countries have been negotiating on this issue recently, and the shipment of poultry products from the United States to Russia has to be stopped this summer Last year, Russia purchased $640 million worth of poultry products from the United States The interruption of this trade this year has directly led to a sharp increase in poultry supply in the US market As a result, the profits of poultry producers in the United States have declined, and the competition between poultry and other meat varieties in grocery stores has become more intense Penn said he had telephone talks with Sergei dankvert, the first deputy minister of the Russian Ministry of agriculture, on Monday, and plans to hold another meeting on Thursday or Friday this week "We are still trying to resolve the last points of disagreement," he said For months, U.S government and industry officials have expressed frustration at their inability to reach an agreement with Russia as soon as possible At present, the two sides focus on three aspects: the slaughtering and processing procedures of Broilers and turkeys, the types of allowed animal antibiotics and the acceptable content of Salmonella in meat products The U.S government has also debated with Russia over whether chicken from several states experiencing bird flu could be exported to Russia The U.S poultry industry insists its products are safe and fit for human consumption, saying Russia has set up unfair trade barriers Last month, the USDA's plan to reach an agreement with Russia failed Originally, it thought that there were only some technical problems between the two sides that needed to be solved Penn didn't elaborate on whether what he called the "final points of disagreement" were issues discussed last month (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: