Poultry debate exposes tariff tensions
SIMMERING tensions over whether South Africa should increase tariffs on imported poultry products came to a head during Tuesday’s hearings before Parliament’s agriculture committee as importers and local producers faced off.
Sugar import tariff rise ‘will lift output’
The import tariff for sugar has been increased 58% from 8 a ton to 6 a ton from last Friday, following a recommendation by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac).
Policy offers preferential rate for SA metal buyers
IN AN effort to encourage beneficiation of scrap metals and slow exports of them, a policy directive cutting local prices to 20% below those on international markets has been introduced.
Trade body imposes provisional import tariff on frozen chips
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on Friday introduced a provisional safeguard duty of 61.42% on imported frozen potato chips.
Patel hails court dismissal of application by metal recyclers
ECONOMIC Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has welcomed the judgment of the North Gauteng High Court dismissing an application to interdict the implementation of the government’s new scrap-metal export regulations.
Frozen potato chips heat up trade war between SA, European Union
SOUTH Africa and the European Union (EU) are headed for another bruising dispute over trade access, just weeks after EU and South African trade chiefs clashed over access to each other’s markets.
EU probed over chicken dumping allegations
Three EU countries could be the next to face higher poultry import tariffs if the International Trade Administration Commission of SA (Itac) finds evidence that they have been dumping their chicken products in the country.
Protectionism no use in long term
THE imposition of import duties is a contentious issue because there are always clear winners and losers.
Minister Almighty Patel’s unusual ITAC deployment
IT IS possible to make quite a good case for imposing curbs of some sort on the export of scrap metal. Scrap is a key input into certain steel-making processes, so it can affect the competitiveness of parts of the domestic steel industry and the downstream manufacturers which rely on it for their inputs.
Dutch importer fails in bid to prevent duty being imposed
AN ATTEMPT by the Dutch frozen potato chips importer Farm Frites International to prevent the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) from imposing a residual dumping margin on the firm failed on Tuesday, effectively removing it as a competitor from the South African market.