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In 2012, South Africa imposed anti-dumping duties on Brazilian imports of frozen poultry products, during an investigation into anti-competitive behavior by Brazilian exporters. Brazil brought its case to the World Trade Organization, and South Africa chose to impose a general tariff on chicken imports, rather than anti-dumping duties against Brazilian importers. == Origins of the dispute == In June 2011, the Southern African Poultry Association (SAPA) filed a complaint with the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa about the alleged dumping of Brazilian frozen chicken products in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. ITAC launched its investigation in June 2011. After examining the relevant data in the South African market between 2008 and 2010, the ITAC imposed provisional anti-dumping duties of between 6% and 63% in January 2012, following an investigation that concluded that three major Brazilian exporters sold chicken products at prices below their domestic market cost.〔 The ITAC concluded that SACU chicken suffered material injury due to price undercutting, lower profit margins, reduced market share, lower revenue growth and under-utilization of production capacity.〔 The Commission's report estimates the dumping margin for whole frozen chickens at 63 percent and 47 percent for boneless cuts. The Brazilian Poultry Association (UBABEF) argued that the duties were put in place to protect the inefficient South African poultry industry, and that higher costs would be passed onto consumers, approximately US $70 million per year.〔 Brazil made informal attempts to resolve the dispute, such as by proposing a trade-off between Brazilian chicken and South African wine, which the South Africans rejected.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Africa-Brazil Frozen Chicken Trade Dispute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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