U.S. authorities announced Tuesday that Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products into the country for the first time. “I welcome Morocco’s agreement to allow imports of U.S. poultry meat and products and the economic opportunities that will be afforded to U.S. producers”, added the U.S. Trade representative. For his part, Secretary Perdue said that the “opening new markets for American poultry and other agricultural products is a top priority. The United States is the world’s second largest poultry exporter, with global sales of poultry meat and products of $4.3 billion last year. Morocco and the United States signed an FTA (Free Trade Agreement) on June 15, 2004.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 07, 2018 16:13 UTC