South Africa: Anti-dumping duties on frozen bone-in chicken reinstated

Published 2023년 8월 14일

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The South African Revenue Service has imposed new anti-dumping duties on Denmark, Ireland, Poland, Spain, and Brazil, ranging from 0% to 265.1%, to be enforced until August 2027. The move has been welcomed by the South African Poultry Association, which believes the tariffs will help alleviate the industry's distress caused by issues such as load shedding. A study conducted by Genesis Analytics showed that the potential increase in retail prices as a result of the anti-dumping duties would be approximately 3%, but the actual impact on consumer food prices could be lower due to exemptions and reduced competition in the local poultry market.

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After a year-long hiatus, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) gazetted new anti-dumping duties ranging between 0% and 265.1% against Denmark, Ireland, Poland, Spain and Brazil on 3 August 2023. The new tariffs will be enforced for the next four years until August 2027. Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the broiler division of the South African Poultry Association (SAPA), welcomed the new tariffs. "The announcement comes at a critical time because the industry is in severe distress due to issues such as load shedding. If the tariffs had not been reinstated, it would have been devastating.” Currently, South Africa has instituted anti-dumping duties against nine countries. The countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. "It is important that a country should implement anti-duty measures against all transgressing countries. If you do not do that, parties that dump poultry will simply import poultry from another country where anti-dumping ...

Source: Agriorbit