LETTER: Chicken dumping really just a red herring
How much protection does the poultry industry need before it can stand on its own two feet?
30 March 2021 - 18:07
Francois Baird, a spokesperson for local poultry, regularly writes some eloquent, fiery pieces comprising a mixture of well-researched facts, obvious omissions, red herrings thrown in for good measure, and a dose of total misinformation (“Chicken importers need to read the literature on dumping (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2021-03-30-chicken-importers-need-to-read-the-literature-on-dumping/),” March 30).
First, this is the sixth protective tariff increase applied for by local poultry in 10 years. How much protection does the poultry industry need before it can stand on its own two feet?..
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