Saudi Arabia has lifted a temporary ban on imports of Ukrainian poultry products imposed over avian influenza outbreaks in the middle of March 2017, according to a posting on the website of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine.

The information was received from the Food and Drug Authority of Saudi Arabia.

The ministry of Ukraine said that the decision was made after studying a report of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) dated May 14, 2017. It says that no avian influenza is recorded in Ukraine.

As reported, in the middle of March 2017 Iraq, China, Qatar, Yemen, Jordan and other countries imposed a ban on supply of poultry from all territory of Ukraine.

Hong Kong, the EU, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) applied the regional principle. These countries ban shipments of poultry only from those Ukrainian regions where outbreaks of avian influenza were recorded.