What exactly is at stake in the duty debate?
By Francois Baird: Anti-dumping duties are not protectionist and consumers don't benefit from dumped imports. Allowing dumping to continue is wrong.
By Francois Baird: Anti-dumping duties are not protectionist and consumers don't benefit from dumped imports. Allowing dumping to continue is wrong.
There’s been no shortage of reaction in the past week to the decision by the South African government to postpone anti-dumping duties on poultry imports.
On behalf of local poultry producers, the SA Poultry Association has taken an uncompromising stand against the decision to delay the imposition of anti-dumping duties.
The suspension of anti-dumping duties will have no effect on chicken prices, and a flood of dumped imports will damage the credibility of both Minister Patel and the master plan.
Despite the delay in implementing new anti-dumping duties, it’s now a proven fact that Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain have been dumping chicken in South Africa.
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Media statement: Minister Patel is inviting countries to dump chicken in South Africa. He should urgently reconsider his suspension of import duties.
The government’s failure to renew or replace temporary anti-dumping duties risks the substantial master plan progress that the poultry industry has made.
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