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US takes India to WTO over poultry import
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Saturday May 12, 2012 09:06:30 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington:
The United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to
rule on its assertion that India's restrictions on imports of US
poultry meat and chicken eggs violates its WTO obligations.
The US request to WTO to set up a dispute settlement panel was
filed Monday after consultations with India on April 16-17, the
first necessary step in pursuing a case, failed to resolve the US
concerns, US Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk said Friday.
Although India claims that its measures are designed for
preventing avian influenza, Kirk said that its rules are
inconsistent with the relevant science, international guidelines
and the standards India has set for its own domestic industry, all
contrary to WTO requirements.
"It is essential that US farmers obtain the reliable market access
that India agreed to," said Kirk.
"The United States holds its agriculture industry to the highest
standards of safety and is confident the WTO will agree that there
is no justification for India's restrictions on US exports."
India asserts a right to impose import restrictions on countries
that report outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI),
the only kind of avian influenza found in the United States since
2004.
"India appears to have acted inconsistently with its obligations"
under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures "by failing to base its measures on
international guidelines or a valid risk assessment and by failing
to ensure that its measures do not unfairly discriminate against
imports from countries such as the United States," USTR said.
Kirk's move was welcomed by the National Chicken Council, National
Turkey Federation and USA Poultry and Egg Export Council.
If India's trade barriers were eliminated, the industry said it
estimates conservatively that the value of US poultry exports to
India each year would surpass $300 million.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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