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The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry announced on Wednesday an updated list of countries that have imposed trade restrictions on poultry imports from Brazil, following the confirmation of bird flu at a commercial farm. The infection was detected in Montenegro, located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Countries banning all poultry imports from Brazil:
China, European Union, Mexico, Iraq, South Korea, Chile, Philippines, South Africa, Peru, Albania, Canada, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Malaysia, Argentina, East Timor, Morocco, India, Sri Lanka, North Macedonia, and Pakistan.
Countries restricting poultry trade specifically from Rio Grande do Sul state:
Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Angola, Turkey, Bahrain, Cuba, Montenegro, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.
Countries suspending trade exclusively from Montenegro city:
United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, and Jordan.
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