South Africa: ITAC Considers a Sharp Increase in the Customs Duty on Chicken Meat

On November 30, 2018, South Africa announced receipt of an application by the domestic poultry industry to increase the customs duty on frozen chicken meat imports. The application requests an exponential increase in the import duties applied on boneless chicken meat and bone-in chicken meat from 12 percent and 37 percent, respectively, to 82 percent. The Commission invited interested parties to comment by the end of December 2018, and received submissions from importers, trade associations, special interest organizations and governments, including the United States. The application is still under review and a final determination is not expected before South Africa’s general elections on May 8, 2018. However, increasing the duties by such large increments would likely have a severe impact on U.S. chicken meat imports in South Africa.  

South Africa: ITAC Considers a Sharp Increase in the Customs Duty on Chicken Meat