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Avian Influenza: Trade Issues

Task Force Chairs
USA Poultry & Egg Export Council, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Commodities and Trade, Rome, Italy
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Abstract
Although much of the concern about a possible pandemic outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza revolves around human health outcomes, the potential repercussions on trade issues will also be significant. The United States is a major exporter of poultry products amounting to approximately $2 billion worth of broilers, turkeys, and eggs annually. International reporting of an avian influenza outbreak could have the effect of virtually stopping this trade–and that in other countries as well–overnight.
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Reviewers
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Athens, Georgia
Agricultural and Research Economics Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland