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Viewing cable 05MANILA5864, Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05MANILA5864 2005-12-16 07:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Manila
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 MANILA 005864 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR OES/IHA FOR JKAUFMANN 
STATE FOR INR/EAP FOR JSTROTZ 
STATE PASS USDA/FAS/DL&P FOR WETZEL & MAGINNIS 
STATE PASS USDA/FAS/ITP/AAD FOR GRUNENFELDER & ALEXANDER 
STATE PASS USDA/FAS/FAA FOR YOUNG 
STATE PASS USDA/APHIS/IS FOR SHEESLEY 
STATE PASS USAID FOR DCARROLL AND ACLEMENTS 
BANGKOK FOR REO JAMES WALLER 
CIA FOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL NIO/EA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
SUBJECT: Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry 
 
REF: A) STATE 216147  B) MANILA 5458  C) MANILA 5393 
     D) MANILA 5291   E) MANILA 5059  F) MANILA 4278 
 
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Summary 
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1. This cable confirms delivery of ref A talking points 
to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department 
of Trade and Industry (DTI).  It also provides 
information requested in ref A on poultry market trends 
and GRP import restrictions.  The GRP appears to follow 
guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE) when restricting imports from countries with 
notifiable avian influenza (NAI).  The GRP has no AI- 
related import restrictions affecting US producers, and 
domestic market demand for poultry products has been 
stable.  Japan's ban on Philippine poultry, based on an 
unconfirmed report of AI in the Philippines, affects U.S. 
poultry processed here for the Japanese market. END 
SUMMARY. 
 
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Discussions with GRP Officials 
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2.  Econoff delivered talking points in ref A to DA 
Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Segfredo Serrano 
and DTI International Trade Director Ramon Kabigting, 
urging continued support for OIE guidelines and WTO 
principles in imposing AI-related import restriction on 
poultry.  GRP officials stated that the GRP adheres to 
these rules and plans no change in policy.  They did not 
have other specific comments. 
 
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GRP IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
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3.  Under the GRP's avian flu prevention program, the 
Secretary of Agriculture (and "Anti-Avian Flu Czar") is 
 
SIPDIS 
authorized to issue Administrative Orders (AO) 
establishing AI-related import restrictions based on OIE 
input.  As of December 14, the GRP maintains import 
restrictions on birds, poultry and unprocessed bird and 
poultry products from 16 AI-affected countries: Cambodia, 
Canada (British Columbia), China, Croatia, Hong Kong, 
Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, 
Romania, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.  Of these 
countries, only Canada exports poultry products to the 
Philippines.  Import restrictions were temporarily 
imposed during March-September 2004 on three U.S. states: 
Maryland, Texas and Delaware.  A complete list of NAI- 
related import restrictions in paragraph 6 below includes 
restrictions that were subsequently lifted. 
 
4.  Avian influenza has not significantly affected the 
Philippine poultry industry, as production and price 
levels have remained stable since 2002.  The DA estimates 
that poultry production volume grew by 1.69 % in January- 
September 2005 from the same period in 2004. This 
followed year-on-year growth of 3.62% in 2004. Revenues 
increased by 4.23% at constant prices to surpass 116 
billion pesos ($2.1 billion) in 2004, roughly 15.5% of 
agricultural output.  Rumors of possible AI cases have 
temporarily reduced demand and prices in limited regions 
(reported in ref C), but overall prices have been stable. 
DA reported that average farm gate prices increased by 2% 
during January-September 2005 from the same period in 
2004. 
 
5.  Japan imposed import restrictions on Philippine 
poultry following the announcement of a suspected NAI 
case in the Bulacan region of the Philippines in July 
2005, reported in ref F.  At that time, routine screening 
of exported duck eggs revealed evidence of antigens to a 
possible NAI strain.  The Australian reference lab 
examined these materials but found no confirmation of 
this finding.  The Australian lab was unable to isolate a 
virus, but it could not confirm the absence of NAI virus. 
Surveillance of poultry near Bulacan revealed no further 
evidence of NAI, so the GRP and OIE concluded that the 
duck was exposed to a low-pathogenic avian influenza 
virus.  According to the Japanese Ag Attache, Japan is 
reviewing information provided by the GRP to determine 
whether to lift the import ban. 
 
6.  COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY AI-RELATED GRP IMPORT 
RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS: 
 
COUNTRY           DATE BANNED         DATE LIFTED 
 
China             28 Jan 2004 
Vietnam           3 Feb 2004 
Japan             3 Feb 2004          16 Sept 2004 
 (reinstated 12 Sept 2005) 
Thailand          3 Feb 2004 
Indonesia              3 Feb 2004 
Cambodia          3 Feb 2004 
Lao PDR           3 Feb 2004 
Pakistan          3 Feb 2004 
Taiwan            3 Feb 2004          31 Aug 2004 
B Columbia, Canada24 Feb 2004         13 Sept 2004 
 (reinstated 29 Nov 2005) 
Maryland, USA     9 Mar 2004          6 Sept 2004 
Texas, USA        24 Feb 2004         6 Sept 2004 
Delaware, USA     9 Feb 2004          6 Sept 2004 
South Africa      12 Aug 2004         26 Oct 2005 
Malaysia          20 Aug 2004         18 Jul 2005 
South Korea       3 Feb 2004          17 Oct 2004 
North Korea       29 Mar 2005 
Russia            18 Aug 2005 
Kazakhstan        18 Aug 2005 
Mongolia            18 Aug 2005 
Romania             18 Oct 2005 
Turkey              18 Oct 2005 
Croatia             2 Nov 2005 
 
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COMMENT 
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7.  The GRP shares the U.S. interests in following OIE 
guidelines and limiting AI-related import restrictions 
only to those countries that are AI-affected.  The 
Japanese ban on poultry products from the Philippines may 
have the unintended effect of discouraging transparency 
in reporting possible AI cases.  It also underscores the 
importance of strengthening the GRP surveillance capacity 
for avian flu, reported in ref E, to provide credible 
evidence that the Philippines remains free of avian flu. 
 
JONES