LETTER: FairPlay’s focus on poultry imports oversimplifies the issues
It is time to debunk tariff and dumping myths once again
It is regrettable that FairPlay’s Francois Baird chose to write a letter based on a personal attack instead of dealing with the facts (“No, exports won’t save the poultry sector (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-02-01-letter-no-exports-wont-save-the-poultry-sector/)”, February 1). The two perennial issues raised every year by large poultry producers are tariffs (raising tariffs on imports), which they say are necessary to prevent “dumping” (imports of unwanted chicken below the production cost).
Tariffs are a controversial matter, as always when livelihoods are pitted against profits. We have never suggested that flooding the SA market with imports would “save” the poultry industry. However, we believe targeting imports as the culprit for the problems in the domestic industry is oversimplifying the issue...
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