Mexico is reportedly planning to extend its 98.8% duty on imports of US chicken legs and thighs by five years.
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The duty, which is intended to protect its poultry farmers, will be reduced gradually until it reaches zero in 2008, a source from the National Poultry Producers Union told Reuters.
The source said the measure comes after negotiations between the Mexican and US poultry industries and the governments of each country.
