# Press Release: Import of poultry meat and products from Kyoto Prefecture in Japan suspended

> Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety has suspended imports of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from Kyoto Prefecture with immediate effect. The suspension follows a Japanese notification of a highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza outbreak there. Hong Kong imported about 1,030 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and 249.94 million eggs from Japan in the first nine months of 2026.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T12:09:46.465Z
- Category: disease · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97662-press-release-import-of-poultry-meat-and-products-from-kyoto-prefecture-in
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EGGS.md)

## Why it matters

The ban removes a regional export outlet for Japanese poultry and eggs, which adds to supply pressure in Japan. Price impact is limited because Hong Kong's volumes are small relative to global trade.

## Read by commodity

- EGGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cfs.gov.hk: https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/press/20261113_12742.html

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