AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The tariffs introduced on poultry imports in 2020 resulted in an increase in the consumer price of chicken.
According to some industry role players, further tariff protection risked making this protein source unaffordable to the 40% of South Africans already regarded as poor.
Responding to the South African Poultry Association’s (SAPA) application to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) for “antidumping duties” on chicken to be increased, the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters’ (AMIE) CEO, Paul Matthew, said the poultry industry needed help, not protection.
