How imports threaten survival of SA’s small chicken farmers

The SA Poultry Association has warned that more local chicken farmers could soon go out of business due to cheap Brazilian imports.

Local farmers and unions argue that the EU and Brazil sell chicken meat below cost and have called on the government to intervene. But the EU and producers in the South American country have said their farmers are simply more competitive than their counterparts in SA.

Breitenbach said imports, of which 61% come from Brazil, currently outnumber the output of even the biggest SA producer.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

The Brazilian Animal Protein Association says chicken dumping is necessary because local demand outstrips supply. The fact is that dumping is the root cause of local production cutbacks, job losses and farm closures. To increase local production we must first stop the dumping.

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