However, the South African poultry industry has a bone to pick with cheap chicken imports from Brazil, the US, and some EU countries – Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain – that it says threaten the viability of the key domestic agricultural sub-sector.
SAFTU says government has failed to limit massive imports of chicken from the EU and Brazil. The South African Federation of Trade Unions says chicken imports have already cost South Africa thousands of jobs. Courtesy #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/w2uITEwuVo
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The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) successfully petitioned the country’s International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from Brazil, the US, and the EU.
In December 2021, ITAC introduced provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 30% on the affected countries and chicken producers effective from January 2022 to June 2022. Further anti-dumping measures will be readdressed in June.
In South Africa’s Poultry Industry Master Plan of 2019, a 15% reduction in imports is envisaged using various instruments, including anti-dumping duties.
However, as Frans Van Heerden, the
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