# Rising poultry imports hinder South African producers | Freight News

> South African poultry producers faced avian flu outbreaks and rising competition in 2019, according to a Research and Markets report. Cheap chicken imports from Brazil, which the report says are sold below foreign production cost, are undercutting local producers, who are also burdened by higher feed, transport, energy and labour costs.

- Date: 2020-01-06 · published 2020-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55092-rising-poultry-imports-hinder-south-african-producers-freight-news
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Surging low-priced Brazilian chicken imports into South Africa push down local poultry prices and weaken domestic demand for feed grains, a modest bearish signal for chicken and feed demand in the region.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- freightnews.co.za: https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/rising-poultry-imports-hinder-south-african-producers

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