Angola: Angola Initiates Policies Impacting $2.5 Billion of Ag Trade

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On January 29, 2015, the government of Angola revoked import licenses for 25 agricultural products including poultry, effectively blocking imports of these products for an unspecified duration. The move followed a January 23, 2015, Ministerial Decree announcing import quotas on 14 food items, a new trade barrier that was not notified to the World Trade Organization. These changes in Angolan’s trade policy directly impact $285 million worth of agricultural products that the United States annually exports to Angola, including $260 million of chicken cuts exports. These actions transitioned a relatively free import system into a regulated quantitative control system covering more than $2.5 billion worth of agricultural imports from all sources.

Angola: Angola Initiates Policies Impacting $2.5 Billion of Ag Trade

Africa (Sub-Sahara), Angola

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