Complaint lodged in the poultry sector
Leana Engelbrecht, Associate, and Chris Charter, Director, Competition, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
The poultry industry has been receiving a lot of attention in respect of what has been dubbed the 'chicken war' between local chicken producers and importers of frozen chicken products into South Africa, resulting in an application brought by the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) for tariff hikes on frozen chicken imports from Brazil and Argentina, which is facing opposition from the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE).
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