Poultry importers and local producers lock horns over tariff hikes
Associations differ over forecast price rises and effect on joblessness
22 March 2020 - 16:38
As the coronavirus wreaks havoc across the globe threatening trade and supply chains, a war of words has erupted between poultry importers and local producers about the effect of the latest hike in poultry tariffs.
The poultry sector is strategically important to SA as a source of employment and agricultural production, and the state has moved to protect it from “unfair competition”. ..
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