LETTER: Idea that EU has ‘huge surplus’ of chicken ready for dumping is incorrect
Import market share has grown a few percentage points to its current figure of about 15% of consumption
I refer to Francois Baird’s response to my letter (“Wolpert is wrong to dismiss the threat from dumping (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-04-16-letter-wolpert-is-wrong-to-dismiss-the-threat-from-dumping/)," April 16). I repeat that chicken dumping certainly has taken place, as dumping duties exist. With regard to the present application, we need to await the outcome before passing judgment.
Local poultry is strong and resilient. Despite all the scaremongering about import growth, import market share has grown by a few percentage points to its current figure of about 15% of consumption of comparable products (excluding pastes and soups), since the first dumping investigation in 2000. I am happy to produce my calculations...
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