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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/347/Rev.1/Add.1
11 February 2003
(03-0892)
Committee on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
HONDURAS – RESTRICTION IN ABSOLUTE TERMS ON THE ENTRY
OF POULTRY MEAT FROM COSTA RICA
Additional Questions Posed by Costa Rica
Addendum
1. At the meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of 7 and
8 November 2002, Costa Rica indicated that it would put forward some additional questions to the
Government of Honduras regarding the complete ban on imports of Costa Rican poultry.
2. The Secretariat has received the following additional questions from the Government of
Costa Rica.G/SPS/GEN/347/Rev.1/Add.1
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HONDURAS – RESTRICTION IN ABSOLUTE TERMS ON THE ENTRY
OF POULTRY MEAT FROM COSTA RICA
Additional Questions Posed by Costa Rica
1. Poultry meat imports to Honduras
(i) Have there been any poultry meat imports to Honduras since March 2002?
(ii) What is the data for imports of poultry meat into Honduras, in terms of volume and value, for
the first three months of 2002, and what is the data for the subsequent months?
(iii) What change has there been in the volume and value of poultry meat imports between 2001
and 2002?
(iv) In the event that there have been poultry m eat imports to Honduras, what is their origin?
Please provide details by origin.
(v) What procedure has Honduras used to ensure that these countries and/or exporters comply
with the sanitary conditions of access for poultry meat imports?
(vi) Could Honduras explain how it has ensured th at the treatment of this product complies with
the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, as set out in Article 2.3 of the SPS Agreement?
2. Imports of other avian products, including reproductive material
(i) Have there been any imports to Honduras of other avian products, including live poultry
and/or reproductive material, since March 2002?
(ii) If so, could Honduras provide details regarding the value, volume and origin of these
imports?
(iii) What change was there in the volume and value of these imports between 2001 and 2002?
(iv) What procedure has Honduras used to ensure that these countries and/or exporters comply
with the sanitary conditions of access for imports of these products?
(v) Could Honduras explain how it has ensured that  the treatment of these products complies with
the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, as set out in Article 2.3 of the SPS Agreement?
3. Which countries, if any, have recognized H onduras as being free of the following four avian
diseases:  (1) avian influenza; (2) avian infectious laryngotracheitis; (3) Newcastle disease;
and (4) salmonella pollorum and gallinarum?
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