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Article: Export of live chickens resumes from mainland to HK
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 20, 2004
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Export of live chickens resumes from mainland to HK
GUANGZHOU, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 6,000 live
chickens passed the quarantine checkpoint in the city of Shenzhen
Tuesday morning, marking the resumption of live chicken export to
Hong Kong after a two-and-half month suspension due to bird flu
outbreak.
The first batch of live chickens come from chicken farms in Huadu
district of Guangzhou city and Shenzhen city.
The interior area's poultry exports to Hong Kong and Macao were
suspended after cases of avian influenza were spotted in January.
Live chicken exports to Macao were restored on March 5.
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