SACU imports of meat and edible offal of fowls ducks geese turkeys

In South Africa, chicken farmers have allegedly been affected by EU imports, prompting the South African authorities to impose temporary restrictions soon after the start of EPA implementation. The EU contended that the problems faced by the local industry had other causes than the increase in EU imports into the country, which remained low. From 2015 on, South Africa has imposed anti-dumping duties on poultry imports from several EU countries. Besides these, on 15 December 2016 it imposed a provisional safeguard measure on imports from the whole of the EU (based on Article 34 of the EPA). On 28 September 2018, a final safeguard measure of 35.3 % was adopted by the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), which expired in March 2022.