South Africa: A Thirteen Percent Increase in South Africa’s Chicken Meat Prices

Chicken meat is the most important protein source in the diet of the majority of South Africans, including the poor. However, since 2013, chicken meat prices in South Africa increased by 13 percent and in the past year by more than eight percent, as increased import tariffs of chicken meat, coupled with anti-dumping duties, escalate local prices. 

South Africa: A Thirteen Percent Increase in South Africa’s Chicken Meat Prices