date:Apr 08, 2013
Export markets in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are open for exports of US day-old chicks and hatching eggs, increasing US exports by an estimated $25 million a year, according to APHIS.
This is a significant agreement for poultry exporters in the United States, Vilsack said. For nearly 10 years, APHIS has pursued the opening of the Russian market to US day-old chicks and hatching eggs, and now we have also secured access for these products to Belarus and Kazakhstan.
In February, APHIS veteri