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SABC – The Full View interview with GM Izaak Breitenbach about government’s suspension of anti-dumping duties.
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.
ANNOUNCEMENT ON ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES DISAPPOINTS SOUTH AFRICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
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.
NON-RENEWAL OF POULTRY TARIFFS THREATENS JOBS, GROWTH AND CONSUMERS
Beyond load shedding, access to clean water, the rising cost of fuel and feed, South Africa’s poultry industry is facing one of its biggest threats yet: the non-renewal of import tariffs. This leaves SA’s second largest agricultural industry vulnerable to dumping; a practice that nearly destroyed it prior to the signing of the Poultry Sector Master Plan.
kykNET – GrootPlaas Interview with GM Izaak Breitenbach about the poultry industry.
Interview with Izaak Breitenbach, General Manager of the Broiler Organisation at the South African Poultry Association, about the latest developments and challenges in the poultry industry. The South African Poultry industry went through a difficult time over the past...
LANDBOU.COM – Storting: Pluimveebedryf hoop op spoedige aankondiging
The South African Poultry industry is currently vulnerable against dumping as the sunset review for dumping duties passed on Tuesday, 14 June. Senior journalist at Landbou Weekblad, Carien Kruger, discusses the potential impact with SAPA’s Izaak Breitenbach.
Dumping Duties Defend Domestic Industry
Predatory trade like dumping has long plagued South African industry and South African consumers. Thankfully, with dumping duties imposed against offending countries, the Poultry industry is growing farms, growing farmers, and creating more employment opportunities for South Africans.
Debate on the role of tariffs in the local poultry sector
We have seen huge increases in the price of chicken due to several factors such as transport and fuel price increases, inflation, food and commodity shortages, global conflicts and increases of in feed prices. This has once again opened the long-standing debate on...
SAPA rejects calls for suspension of tariffs on chicken imports
SAPA rejects calls for suspension of tariffs on chicken imports. The price of maize and soya feed has increased by almost 20% since April 2021. This increase is mainly responsible for the increase of chicken products in-store. Other factors such as the ongoing...
The effects of poultry dumping – RSG interview with GM Izaak Breitenbach
The South African Poultry industry went through a difficult time over the past couple of years especially with regards to issues such as the illegal dumping of poultry products. Dumping in our context, happens when products are sold in South Africa at a lower price...
The rising tide of transformation
As much as “empowerment” and “transformation” are trigger words in South Africa, “collaboration” is a word that unlocks incredible power – and a concept that should get way more airtime. The story of a passionate young farmer with a keen sense of purpose, and the...