Iraq has lifted a ban on imports of poultry from Ukraine imposed in the middle of March over outbreaks of avian influenza, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumers Protection of Ukraine has reported on its website.

The veterinary medicine agency of Iraq sent this information.

As reported, in the middle of March 2017 Iraq, China, Qatar, Yemen and Jordan 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.

Qatar lifted the ban in the middle of June.