SA broiler farms feel the pinch as chicken imports sore
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Chicken lovers take a listen to this!
''Chicken imports reached a new record high in 2018, according to an imports report drawn up by the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) and based on official SA Revenue Service statistics.
Imports in 2018 totalled 538 434 tons, an increase on the previous record year 2016, when 528 108 tons of chicken reached this country. Imports dipped slightly in 2017 due to outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) in the European Union, which had been a major source of dumped chicken.
However Brazil quickly increased its exports, filling the gap left by EU producers and becoming the major source of both frozen broiler portions and of mechanically deboned meat (MDM) which is used in the food processing industry.''
Online this morning we speak to SAPA GM Mr Izaak Bruitenbach
''Chicken imports reached a new record high in 2018, according to an imports report drawn up by the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) and based on official SA Revenue Service statistics.
Imports in 2018 totalled 538 434 tons, an increase on the previous record year 2016, when 528 108 tons of chicken reached this country. Imports dipped slightly in 2017 due to outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) in the European Union, which had been a major source of dumped chicken.
However Brazil quickly increased its exports, filling the gap left by EU producers and becoming the major source of both frozen broiler portions and of mechanically deboned meat (MDM) which is used in the food processing industry.''
Online this morning we speak to SAPA GM Mr Izaak Bruitenbach
