A RECENT surge of chicken imports from the US - described as massive by SAPA (Southern African Poultry Association) - has led to calls for anti-dumping action against US exporters.
Zach Coetzee, SAPA's executive director, said that the industry would file
an application for these anti-dumping measures to be implemented.
And it's not just the thighs on bone (which FTW has highlighted in previous news about floods of US chicken goodies) that are causing a problem this time - but also the US market-preferred white meat of the breasts.
This, said Coetzee, is because SA is joining the other dumping markets for US producers - hurting both from massive overproduction, and a significant decline in their exports to the currently ailing areas of Russia and Asia.
And the protective duties that were imposed last time the SA poultry producers were getting battered by cut-price US imports are not having too much effect, according to SAPA.
There was only a 17% reduction in imports last year compared to 1997, said Coetzee, despite extra duties.
Cheap chicken imports prompt call for anti-dumping action
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