On 14 August 2026, ITAC initiated a sunset review of anti-dumping duties imposed on frozen bone-in portions of fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus, classifiable under tariff subheading 0207.14.9, originating in or imported from Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The application was lodged by the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) on behalf of the SACU industry, with information provided by 7 local producers.
The Applicant alleges that the expiry of the duties would likely lead to the continuation and recurrence of dumping and material injury to the SACU industry. The Applicant submitted sufficient evidence and established a prima facie case, enabling the Commission to reach a reasonable conclusion and initiate a sunset review investigation.
You can only respond to the sunset review if you imported or exported chicken from those countries between January and December 2025. Given that only one company imported 300kg from Netherlands, this means that only one producer and that importer will be eligible to respond. The reason for the unusually low volumes is presumably because of Avian Influenza in that part of the world.
The following margins of dumping were determined:
- Germany to be 425.64%;
- The Netherlands to be 32.48%;
- The United Kingdom to be 61.84%.
There are interesting implications here. No companies are currently exempted from the anti-dumping duties on german (73.33%), which means when this case concludes, the duty for Germany will likely rise to 425.64% The Netherlands and the UK are different because Plukon, van Miert, Mieki Hunsel and Frisia Foods, in the Netherlands and Moy Park, 2 Sisters Food Group and Amber Foods in the UK, are all exempted from the anti-dumping duties. Those exemptions will persist at the end of this investigation.
Once the investigation completes, producers in those three countries, who are not currently exempted, can apply for a new shipper review and have their individual dumping margins calculated. Given that all but two of those companies exempted from the anti-dumping duties are XA clients, you know exactly who you should be calling.