LETTER: Schussler is not an independent commentator on SA poultry industry
Mike Schussler fails to mention that local poultry is heavily brined while imports are not, and mischievously states that SA is ‘not allowed to sell its chicken cuts to the EU’
Respected economist Mike Schussler made some telling points in his recent article, but omitted many other very relevant issues and also skilfully dodged a few (“Let’s call the miraculous price-shedding travelling chicken what it is: dumping (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2021-03-18-mike-schussler-lets-call-the-miraculous-price-shedding-travelling-chicken-what-it-is-dumping/),” March 18).
Up front, let’s clearly state that Schussler is not an independent commentator — he acts as adviser to an organisation that is contracted to represent local poultry in the media. Secondly, he devotes nearly his entire article to broilers and whole chicken, which form a tiny part of SA’s poultry imports. When he finally gets to chicken cuts he refers to “fillets”, which are a far cry from the bone-in chicken that forms the basis of the current round of dumping charges...
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