# Poultry trade bans: understanding the economic impact | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> An analysis of poultry trade bans uses South Korea's suspension of US chicken and egg imports during avian influenza outbreaks as an example. South Korea's imports of US poultry products totaled US$122 million in 2014, and domestic culls have added to supply problems.

- Date: 2017-10-24 · published 2017-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68613-poultry-trade-bans-understanding-the-economic-impact-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade bans shift poultry supply flows and can raise prices in importing markets that lose a major source. Regional restrictions are cited as a way to limit this disruption.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/broilers-turkeys/article/15522676/poultry-trade-bans-understanding-the-economic-impact-wattagnet

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