11.   The two sides failed to reach agreement on standards for decontaminating poultry however, and a bilateral ban on poultry exports is in place.

12.   Additional negotiations will be held on other trade issues that could affect poultry exports, the statement said.

13.   Among these are recent problems dealing with US poultry exports to Russia.

14.   The agreement reached after four days of talks ends a dispute that concerns more than a half-billion dollars of US poultry exports to Russia.