ITAC mulls temporary hold on chicken import duties
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has received 18 comments from across the poultry sector as it decides whether to place a temporary hold on import duties on chicken and related products as South Africa grapples with bird flu.
Avian flu pushes egg prices up
The big issue in agriculture currently is the avian influenza spreading across South Africa, with Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, Limpopo and North West being the provinces most affected so far.
AMIE & Hume ask for agile trade responses
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel’s directive to the Import and Export Control Regime, administered by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC), to consider creating a temporary rebate on import duties for chicken as a shortage in the market looms.
Food producers scramble for more eggs
Restaurant chains, retailers and food producers are working hard to secure reliable, quality egg supplies as the avian flu out, break has decimated laying hens.
Patel calls for urgent probe into temporary tax rebates
Trade, industry & competition minister Ebrahim Patel has asked for an urgent investigation into a possible temporary tax rebate on imported chicken.
Trade body to probe glass dumping complaint
The International Trade Administration Commission of SA (lTAC) has initiated a review of an anti-dumping duty on unframed glass mirrors imported from fellow Brics member China after an application by SA’s sole manufacturer of the products.
ITAC rejects process delay criticism
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has hit back at criticism by trade consultancy XA Global Trade Advisors that delays in import duty determinations have cost the economy up to R4bn.
Metal export restrictions
For many years, I have spent Friday afternoons ‘eagerly’ scrutinizing the Government Gazette. I contend that most of the gazettes are published simply for landfill and recycling purposes, as they hardly qualify as favorite reading material. However, I can assure you that, in all my years of scrutinizing the gazettes, there has never been a dull moment.
Poultry anti-dumping duties reimposed
Anti-dumping duties on frozen bone-in portions of chicken originating in or imported from Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain have been reinstated after the lapse of the 12-month implementation suspension period, trade authority the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) reports.
Anti-dumping duties imposed on tyres
The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) has welcomed the final determination by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), which was supported by the decision taken by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, to impose anti-dumping duties on unfairly traded imports of passenger, truck and bus tyres from China.