FairPlay in South Africa welcomes provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports

Published 2021년 12월 21일

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South Africa's poultry industry has been granted provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from Brazil and four EU countries (Denmark, Ireland, Poland, and Spain) until mid-2022, in an effort to curb dumping and level the playing field for local producers. The duties range from 3% to 265.1% and were necessitated by a surge in dumped imports, which have threatened local job markets and the poultry industry's growth. This decision is part of the poultry master plan, a collaborative initiative aimed at reducing imports and fostering industry growth through fair trade practices.

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FairPlay has welcomed the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from Brazil and four European Union countries - Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain. The provisional duties will remain in effect until 14 June 2022. By that time, South Africa's trade regulator, the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), is expected to have completed its investigation into an application by the South African poultry industry for anti-dumping duties against the five countries. "This is an innovative and very welcome solution to the problem of extremely lengthy investigations into applications for anti-dumping duties," said Francois Baird, founder of the FairPlay movement. “The application was lodged in February this year, and a decision was not expected until mid-2022. Now we have provisional duties in place from now until June next year, which will help level the playing field for South African poultry producers until ITAC makes a final determination. FairPlay ...

Source: Agriorbit