Chicken imports to South Africa have grown by
400% since 2000.
This is a crisis that risks our country's food security,
the livelihoods of our small farmers,
and thousands of jobs in the agricultural sector.
Many chicken imports are “dumped”.
What is dumping?
Dumping occurs when an exporting country, or business, lowers the price of their products to unfairly gain market share.
They drop the price below what it sells for locally, or even below what it costs to produce. This means local producers cannot compete and are forced out of business. Chicken dumping has cost South Africa thousands of jobs.
Laid-off RCL worker Thokozane Thabete at the FairPlay Social Support Summit in 2017.
Poultry farms across South Africa have been forced to close due to the increase in predatory imports.
“Poultry imports now have a larger share of the South African market than any individual
local producer.”
How do we fix this?
We must promote fair trade.
An investigation by South Africa’s poultry industry has revealed ongoing dumping by Brazil and 4 EU countries, with evidence showing that their "dumping margins" range from 35% - 178%.
Based on this evidence, the SA Poultry Association has lodged an anti-dumping application with ITAC (the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa).
FairPlay activist Lionel Adendorf meets Inés Godinez Aguirre de Cárcer, Trade Advisor to the Delegation of the European Union to SA.
What can I do?
Show your support to defend South Africa’s food producers.
ITAC finalised its investigation and found that dumping was taking place and that it has caused material harm to the local industry. In mid-2022 it made firm recommendations to the Department of Trade and Industry to impose anti-dumping duties. Ebrahim Patel, the Minister of Trade and Industry, accepted ITAC’s recommendation but suspended the implementation of these duties for 12 months.
This means that South Africa’s farmers and food producers remain vulnerable.
With the suspension of anti-dumping duties, unscrupulous importers and foreign food manufacturers have been given a green light to dump chicken even more chicken in South Africa.
Public support and solidarity is key to defending South Africa against trade predators.
Join us, below, and help spread our message.
We have a broad coalition of support
The following organisations support anti-dumping duties against dumped chicken imports:
The FairPlay Movement.
Proudly South African.
Congress of South African Trade Unions.
South African Federation of Trade Unions.
The Food and Allied Workers’ Union.
Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union.
GrainSA.
To add your business or organisation to this list of public supporters please click here to send us a request.
Add your voice to the cause
Hundreds of individuals have already showed their support.
Add your name as a supporter to take a stand against predatory trade, to support our country’s food producers, to secure an affordable and safe supply of food, and to promote job creation in South Africa.
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