# South Africa: Increased quota for United States frozen bone-in chicken as cost of chicken meat rises in the country

> South Africa announced an increase in its annual tariff-rate quota for US frozen bone-in chicken from 71,290 to 71,632 tonnes, applied retrospectively to April 2022. The change comes as domestic chicken meat costs rise.

- Date: 2023-04-17 · published 2023-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36558-south-africa-increased-quota-for-united-states-frozen-bone-in-chicken-as-cost
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A small quota increase modestly expands US poultry access to South Africa, a minor shift in US chicken export flows with limited effect on feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- polity.org.za: https://www.polity.org.za/article/south-africa-increased-quota-for-united-states-frozen-bone-in-chicken-as-cost-of-chicken-meat-rises-in-the-country-2023-04-17

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