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Abstract
We investigate major factors behind U.S. poultry exports. While many economic variables such as exchange rate and foreign consumer income and animal disease such as avian influenza affect U.S. poultry exports, trade barriers of various kinds tend to impact U.S. poultry exports more significantly. The major trade barriers facing U.S. poultry exports include EU technical trade barrier, Indian protectionism using avian influenza as a guise, various anti-dumping cases, Russian ban in retaliation to U.S. economic sanctions, and religious trade barriers encountered in some Muslim countries.