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South Africa will import around 10,000 MT of peanuts in the 2014/15 MY, as an 11 decrease in peanut production is expected due to a mid-summer drought that hit the summer rainfall production areas.

The impact of the 2014/15 MY drought in the sugar industry is expected to continue in the 2015/16 MY.

Since 2013, chicken meat prices in South Africa increased by 13 percent and in the past year by more than eight percent, as increased import tariffs of chicken meat escalate local prices.

South African Poultry Association implies that U.S. poultry producers’ access to the South African chicken market would destroy the local industry and cost thousands of jobs.

Oilseed production in South Africa is expected to decrease by 15 percent in the 2014/15 MY, due to a mid-summer drought that hit the main summer rainfall producing areas.

On September, 4, 2014, the Minister of Health, proposed two amendments to the regulations relating to health messages on container labels of alcohol beverages.

South Africa, the largest food service market in Sub-Saharan Africa, has a large and highly competitive hospitality industry.

On January 13, 2015, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) held a media conference to update relevant stakeholders on the current status of Foot and Mouth Disease.

All the sections of the Report have been updated to comply with the current 2014 reporting instructions as the last FAIRS report for South Africa was done in 2011.