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US chicken off to China again

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe was at the Purdue Foods Inc's cold-storage export facility on Thursday in Norfolk, witnessing poultry products that were being loaded and shipped to China. It will be the first shipment of poultry products leaving the facility for China after a ban was lifted by China in May. The ban was imposed by China in 2007 following low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) that was reported in a Virginia farm. China is now one of the top foreign markets for US poultry and bought more than $416 million last year. Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina are leading suppliers.
Outcomes: 
The poultry industry is the largest individual sector of Virginia's agriculture industry and depends on access to foreign markets for more growth. Virginia exported a total of $186 million worth of poultry in 2013, with China being absent. Virginia is estimating at least $20 million in poultry exports to China during the first full year the market is open. It is unknown whether the shipment of the poultry exports will be subject to the new anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on US white-feathered broiler products announced by China's Ministry of Commerce on July 8.
Government?: 
Yes
Type of Exchange: 
business
Partners: 
Purdue Foods Inc's
Chinese government
Virginia State Government
Participants (Types): 
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
Exchange Date: 
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Continuing: 
No
Level of Government: 
state/provincial
Location: 
Norfolk, Virginia
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