date:Apr 08, 2013
d animal products that USDA will work to negotiate with the Customs Union.
Additionally, direct negotiations with Iraqi animal health officials in February yielded an agreement between APHIS and their counterparts in Iraq on export certification requirements for US dairy cattle shipments to that country. The annual market value is estimated at more than $60 million.
The Middle East is an important and emerging market for US cattle exporters, Vilsack said.