LETTER: Expansion into export market is vital to poultry master plan
Balancing imports of brown meat with exports of white meat will help our local poultry industry to be competitive
The SA Poultry Association believes the local poultry industry can prosper, create jobs, provide affordable food for SA consumers and contribute towards economic growth only if imports of chicken products are curtailed or limited (“Cutting imports will help poultry sector grow and create jobs”, January 25). The obvious way to do this, the authors of the article imply, is through tariff interventions or restrictions. They conclude that domestic production needs to be prioritised.
We agree completely that domestic production needs to be prioritised and developed, but we do not agree that limiting or restricting imports is the way to do it. The call to replace the import spend with investment in job creation is a noble one, but in an industry that is moving towards automation, how feasible can it be?..
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