LETTER: Chicken importers require better arguments
Importer supporters concede that dumping should stop but argue, incorrectly, that import volumes are not high and do no huge harm
25 April 2021 - 18:17
If chicken importers are going to oppose the application for anti-dumping duties on chicken portions from Brazil and four EU countries, they will have to marshal better arguments.
The application sets out, in detail, the damage done to the local poultry industry by dumped imports from July 2017 to June 2020. It identifies a continuing threat in the oversupply in Brazil and the EU, with SA a probable target for this unwanted surplus...
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