Date: January, 2006
Abstract: Japan is one of the largest consumer markets in the world and a large importer of poultry meat. It is, together with the EU, the largest importer of added value poultry products in the world .Avian Influenza (AI) cases in Japan in April 2004 and in the whole Asian region had a strong impact on the Japanese poultry industry whose domestic market declined due to a temporary lack of confidence in poultry meat products. This was compounded by importers who were faced by declining trade supply due to...
Research Type: Industry Note