Colombia, FTA Vs Poultry Farmers
President of the Colombian Poultry Farmers National Federation (FENAVI) Jorge Enrique Bedoya warned on the possible disappearance of his sector due to the regulations established by the US-sponsored Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Bedoya stated Saturday that once that commercial treaty comes into effect, Colombia would get the ton of seasoned chicken 660 dollars cheaper than national productions what would turn unsustainable for the sector in 24 months.

The FTA would annihilate more than this industry's 60 percent, the leader forecasted and called on the Colombian government to maintain the prohibition on the importation of that product issued in 1994 in order to save the national industry.