{"id":11770,"date":"2012-06-22T23:40:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-1-brazil-challenges-s-africa-over-poultry-at-wto\/"},"modified":"2012-06-22T23:40:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T21:40:04","slug":"update-1-brazil-challenges-s-africa-over-poultry-at-wto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-brazil-challenges-s-africa-over-poultry-at-wto\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Brazil challenges S.Africa over poultry at WTO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GENEVA, June 22<\/span> (Reuters) – Brazil has taken the first legal
\nstep at the World Trade Organization to challenge South Africa’s
\nuse of anti-dumping measures on shipments of Brazilian poultry
\nmeat, the global trade body said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Brazil has “requested consultations” with South Africa over
\nSouth Africa’s accusation that Brazilian imports were “dumped”,
\nor sold at an unfairly low price that damaged South Africa’s own
\npoultry sales, the WTO said.<\/p>\n

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If the consultations fail to resolve the issue, in 60 days’
\ntime Brazil could ask the WTO to set up a panel to adjudicate.<\/p>\n

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The statement did not give any more details, but South
\nAfrica’s International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)
\nhas imposed anti-dumping duties on frozen chickens and chicken
\nmeat imported from Brazil after investigating suspected dumping
\nin 2008-2010.<\/p>\n

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In 2010, Brazil accounted for 94.2 percent of South Africa’s
\ntotal 26,916 tonnes of boneless chicken imports and 44.6 percent
\nof the total 29,039 tonnes of whole chicken imports, ITAC’s
\ninvestigation report said in January.<\/p>\n

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After calculating the extent of the unfair competition,
\nSouth Africa put a provisional anti-dumping duty of 62.93
\npercent on whole chickens and 46.59 percent on boneless cuts
\nfrom Brazil, except for boneless cuts from Aurora Alimentos,
\nwhich would incur a duty of 6.26 percent.<\/p>\n

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The dispute is the first between Brazil and any African
\ncountry and only the fourth brought against South Africa at the
\nWTO.<\/p>\n

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All of the previous three cases, brought by India, Indonesia
\nand Turkey, also concerned South Africa’s use of anti-dumping
\nmeasures to protect its market from unwanted imports.<\/p>\n

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None of those three disputes advanced to the panel stage.
\nIndia and Turkey did not press their cases and Indonesia
\nwithdrew its challenge after South Africa withdrew its
\nanti-dumping measures.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Alison Williams)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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