date:Jul 22, 2013
An EU market management committee on Thursday reduced to zero the level of export refunds on frozen chicken after cutting it from 325 euros ($430) per tonne to 217 euros in October 2012 and then to 108.5 euros in January this year.
French poultry firms, which have relied on the refunds to boost sales in Middle Eastern markets, said they were indispensable at a time of high feed costs and to meet increasing competition from Brazil.
The French government said it was considering ways to respond t