Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Babayeva / The State Veterinary Service at the Agriculture Ministry of Azerbaijan imposed a new prohibition on the import of chicken from different regions of Russia, including Krasnodar, Stavropol and North Caucasus regions due to an outbreak of the bird flu.
Presently, all Azerbaijani frontier Veterinary Services are working under medium security, Yolchu Khanvali, the press-secretary of the Service, said on 5 September.
Azerbaijan purchases poultry from Russia, Turkey, USA, Brazil and Canada. The State Statistic Committee of Azerbaijan reported that some 9,804mln tons of poultry was imported into Azerbaijan from January to June.