Since 1996 World Egg Day has been celebrated every year on the second Friday in October. In 2023 on 13 October countries throughout the world will join together to celebrate the egg in a variety of different ways.

27 March 2024 MEDIA STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION HOLDS FRUITFUL MEETING WITH MINISTER PATEL Executives from the SA Poultry Association (SAPA) met with Minister Ebrahim Patel of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition last week and discussed...

In a report released on 6 March 2024, backdated to 15 December 2023, the International Trade
Administration Commission (ITAC) has recommended to the Department of Trade, Industry and
Competition’s (DTIC) Minister Ebrahim Patel that certain rebates for frozen poultry imports could be
implemented to curb alleged “shortages” in the local market.

SAPA HOLDING STATEMENT ON POULTRY MARKET INQUIRY The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) will co-operate fully with the Poultry Market Inquiryannounced by the Competition Commission. However, we are surprised that the inquiry is considered necessary and concerned...

LOCAL POULTRY INDUSTRY EXPRESSES DISBELIEF OVER TARIFF REBATE PROVISIONS It appears that the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has recommended to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) that certain rebates on frozen poultry imports...

The South African poultry industry has been hit hard with avian influenza, but quick thinking and swift action means that the bulk of the risks (like the spread of the disease, or potential consumer shortages) are mitigated. Here’s how the industry responded to the unprecedented threat.

Minister Ebrahim Patel agreed with ITAC’s findings that several companies across Brazil, Denmark, Poland, Spain, and the US are dumping poultry products in South Africa, causing material harm to the domestic industry. The Minister also agreed with the remedial trade measures suggested by ITAC and the WTO: Anti-Dumping Duties. Unfortunately, the Minister delayed the implementation of these duties for a year in August 2022, citing consumer cost concerns. SAPA shares the Minister’s concerns, and commissioned Genesis Analytics to determine the effect of these duties on the consumer. Their findings? Duty passthrough is negligible at best.

24 April 2023MEDIA RELEASE DARKEST DAY FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN EGG PRODUCERS Dr Abongile Balarane, GM, SAPA Egg Organisation Although eggs remain one of the most affordable animal protein sources, it is becoming increasinglymore expensive for farmers to produce this...

See the full SABC interview with SAPA’s general manager Izaak Breitenbach about governments recent decision to suspend anti-dumping duties and the effects it can have on South Africa’s food security and job creation within the poultry industry.

Minister’s suspension of dumping duties may prove to be a boon for the importers, but a bane to South Africa’s second largest job creator and agricultural sector, leaving small farmers at risk and consumer prices unchanged.