On 30 April 2026, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the retrospective increase from 01 April 2026 of the annual quota for frozen bone-in cuts of the species Gallus Domesticus originating in or imported from the United States of America in rebate item 460.03/0207.14.9/01.07 in Schedule No 4 Part 2 (General Rebates of Customs Duties, Fuel Levy and Environmental Levy) of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, from 71 963 tonnes to 73 881 tonnes. The rationale for the increase is set out in the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) Minute M12/2025.
Rebate Item 460.03/0207.14.9/01.07, for which the extent of rebate is full anti-dumping duty reads:
Frozen meat of the species Gallus Domesticus, cut in pieces with bone in and imported from or originating in the United States of America, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as the ITAC may allow by specific permit on recommendation of the Director General: The Department of Agriculture (DoA), provided that: (a) With effect from 1 April 2016, permits may be issued by ITAC for meat imported in terms of this rebate item; (b) From the date this rebate item comes into operation up to and including 31 March 2016 meat imported in terms of this rebate item shall be on a first-come-first-serve basis; (c) The meat subject to the provisions of this rebate item may not exceed a basic annual quota of 73 881 metric tonnes; (d) The annual quota period is 1 April to 31 March; (e) Prior to 1 April 2016, the quota shall be 16 250 metric tonnes; (f) As from 1 April 2017 a growth factor as determined by DoA is applied to the basic quota annually; (g) The meat imported in terms of this rebate item may not be removed outside the Republic for consumption in any of the BLNS countries; (h) The permit is not transferable and may not be used to obtain meat to the benefit of any entity or person not named in the permit issued by ITAC; (i) This rebate item shall be suspended if any benefits that South Africa enjoyed under AGOA as at 1 November 2015 are suspended and shall remain suspended for as long as those benefits under AGOA remain suspended; and (j) This rebate item is suspended in terms of paragraph (i) as from the date the minister of trade and industry submits written confirmation to the minister of finance that South Africa’s benefits under AGOA have been suspended.