On 11 February 2022, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the retrospective introduction, from 17 December 2021 up to and including 14 June 2022, of provisional anti-dumping payments for Brazilian exporters, namely Agroaraçá Indústria De Alimentos LTDA, Agrosul Agroavicola Industrial S.A., Aurora Cooperativa Central Aurora Alimentos, COPACOL – Cooperativa Agroindustrial Consolata and Zanchetta Alimentos LTDA at a rate of 30.5% and substitution of provisional duties, exported by HK Scan Denmark A/S, Drobimex Sp. Z.O.O, UVE SA, Avicola Sanchez SL, Avicola De Lleida SAU, Avicola De Galicia, S.A.U., Dolz España, S.L. and Escorxador D’Aus Torrent I Fills S.L.
The provisional anti-dumping duty is in relation to frozen bone-in portions of fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus (frozen chicken), classifiable under tariff subheading 0207.14.9, originating in or imported from Brazil, Denmark, Poland and Spain.
The reasoning is contained in the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) Report No.678.