BUSINESS DAY TV: Non-tariff barriers often rule the roost
Marthinus Stander is CEO of Country Bird BUSINESS DAY TV: Hundreds have galvanised even more of a force against the dumping of poultry products from the EU arguing that about 1,250 workers had already been earmarked for retrenchments by RCL Foods, just one of South Africa’s poultry companies. So, as hundreds of workers and industry players marched to the provincial legislature to lay down demands in a bid to avert more job losses and level the playing field, Marthinus Stander, who is CEO at Country Bird, joins us on the line with his perspective on what’s currently at play. Thanks so much, Marthinus, for joining us this afternoon. How much of a crisis is industry in right now and is the dumping of chickens into SA solely to blame? MARTHINUS STANDER: Yes, it’s very significant and serious and we see the decimation of the industry already at an advanced stage. Over the past five years there were 12 companies that either closed doors or changed hands and it’s just the sheer volume, ver...
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