Exports
The Department of Agriculture announced Oct. 24 that it will utilize $1.3 billion in funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation for the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program. USDA states that this funding will (1) enable exporters to break into new markets and increase market share in growth markets and (2) provide targeted technical assistance to the specialty crops industry to help it enter and expand markets that often impose non-tariff barriers on their products. USDA notes that this funding is designed to replace the funds made available under the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program, which aimed to help exporters diversify their markets but will expire in 2024.
Poultry from Canada
Until further notice, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has restricted the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting zones PCZ-195 (effective Oct. 10) and PCZ-196 (effective Oct. 11) in Alberta, Canada, based on a diagnosis of HPAI in domestic birds.
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting these areas, imported as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements. Further, importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs, dried egg whites), originating from or transiting this area is prohibited unless the products are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS-approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required for these shipments when consigned directly to an APHIS-approved establishment.
Pork from Nepal
Effective May 23, 2022, the APHIS has added Nepal to the list of regions affected by African swine fever. USDA regulations prohibit the importation of pork and pork products from regions in which African swine fever exists, except if processed and treated in accordance with the provisions specified in the regulations or consigned to an APHIS-approved establishment for further processing. USDA regulations also restrict imports of swine casings that originated in or were processed in a region where African swine fever exists.
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