Fin24 reports that according to David Wolpert, CEO of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of SA (Amiesa), SA’s beleaguered poultry industry is not under threat.
"It is time to put a stop to the huge campaign of lies and distortions levied against imports," he said, adding that the local chicken industry, “which is currently experiencing massive losses, is crying wolf. Its survival is not under threat." However, he conceded the industry was “bleeding at the moment, but not because of imports". Wolpert pointed out that imports were only around 14% of the total consumption nationally. In his view, the problem facing local producers related to the high cost of feed, as well as a complete lack of an export programme. It is expected that better-than-anticipated rains and a drop in soya bean and maize prices will give producers some respite this year.
- Read this report in full at Fin24
- Read too, Poultry task team making headway, at SA Govt News Agency
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