states, including the states of Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Goiás.
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Ukraine also restricted pork imports for the retail market, on which higher taxes are levied, for a period through December 2008. More recently, in March 2009, Ukraine initiated an anti-dumping investigation regarding imports of halves and quarters of poultry, as well as legs and cuts of poultry, in each case originating in the United States and Brazil.