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Presentation by the EU Delegation to South Africaat the Portfolio Committee
on Trade and Industry
"Challenges facing the poultry industry"
Cape Town, 2 May 2017
EU-SA TRADE RELATIONSHIP – AN OVERVIEW
� South Africa is among the few strategic partners of the EUworldwide – in 2017 we mark 10 years of our strategicpartnership. SA is an important regional and global partner
� South Africa is the EU's largest trading partner in Africa. TheEU is a major contributor of FDI for SA
� South Africa's trade relations and development co-operation withthe EU are governed by the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TDCA) and the EU-SADC EconomicPartnership Agreement (EPA)
� EU–SADC EPA entered into force on 10 October 2016 and newagriculture market access kicked in on 1 November (GInotifications)
� The trade provisions of TDCA are replaced by EU–SADC EPA
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EU-SADC EPA – SOUTH AFRICA PERSPECTIVE
� Improved market access – agri-food sector in particular
� Regional integration
� Eliminate all export subsidies
� New rules of origin
� More effective (agriculture) safeguards
� Bilateral protocol on GIs and trade in wine and spirits
� Policy aspects: SPS, TBT and transformation
� Special provisions on cooperation on SPS
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EU-SA TRADE RELATIONSHIP – FIGURES 2016
• Overall trade balance almost neutral – a positive development, given SA's trade deficit with the EU in the previous 6 years
• SA is ranking as 14th import partner and 18th export partner for the EU
• Imports into the EU from SA have grown by 17.8% between 2015-2016
• Trade balance in agriculture - a trade surplus for SA: the EU imported from SA at 2.494 Billion EUR (10.9% of EU imports) and exported to SA at 1.704 billion EUR (7.4% of EU exports)
• This trade surplus contributes to positive results in SA current account
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EU POULTRY IMPORTS INTO SA cont.
• Since December 2016 – sharp decrease in EU imports
• Overall, EU imports' share in domestic SA poultry consumption has not exceeded 10% in 2016
• According to Country Bird, imports account for 26% of SA poultry consumption – less than 1/3 of market
• This is against a background of growing poultry consumption and demand globally (Econex)
• Consumption of white meat expected to expand by 34% by 2023 – need to supplement domestic supply by imports
• Domestic supply not enough – EU imports replaced by USA/BZ imports
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SA POULTRY INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
• Challenges similar to the ones faced by EU poultry industry: high and volatile feed costs, changing demand patterns, need to adapt the value chains to fit new market reality and to optimise efficiency of the whole value chain
• Challenges different from those faced by the EU industry: costs of electricity, fluctuating Rand, oligopolistic character of the national market with vertical integration with an inherent interest to maintain profit margins and resist change
• The whole bird versus cuts myth – an artificial issue. Markets determine business and pricing models
• All poultry producers in the EU adapt to demand and try to sell to markets where they can maximise price for the same product –normal competitive behaviour:
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TRADE DEFENCE AND SPS MEASURES
• DTI has decided on a number of trade defence measures
• Anti-dumping duties on companies from DE, NL and UK
• Provisional safeguard duty of 13.9% under EPA
• ITAC investigation ongoing – EU submissions
• SPS measures - country-wide bans after the outbreak of HPAI in many EU Member States since last November
• Currently, only 3 out of 10 EU countries can still import
• Ongoing regionalisation discussions with DAFF
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NO TRASH, NO DUMPING, NO BRINING, NO SUBSIDIES
� EU poultry imported into SA of the same high quality as that sold in the EU. EU food law and regulations impose high standards
� Dietary preferences important but change – markets change
� EU prices are consistently above those of other big importers – the US and Brazil
� Brining in the EU – if a poultry product is brined, it cannot be sold or exported as fresh/frozen meat but under a label "poultry preparation"
� EU does not subsidize either production or exports
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POULTRY IMPORTS INTO THE EU
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Compared
tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % to Jan-Dec 15
Brazil 570 574 66.7% 506 374 62.7% 507 355 60.0% 498 869 57.2% 502 805 55.9% + 0%
Thailand 197 962 23.2% 228 238 28.3% 251 185 29.7% 274 507 31.5% 289 461 32.2% + 6%
Ukraine 276 0.0% 19 958 2.4% 42 412 4.9% 48 039 5.3% + 13%
Chile 42 192 4.9% 30 515 3.8% 25 815 3.1% 22 232 2.5% 28 875 3.2% + 30%
China 15 698 1.8% 18 145 2.2% 19 761 2.3% 18 396 2.1% 16 929 1.9% - 8%
Argentina 13 766 1.6% 10 783 1.3% 10 996 1.3% 8 529 1.0% 6 463 0.7% - 24%
Switzerland 3 812 0.4% 3 817 0.5% 4 307 0.5% 2 428 0.3% 2 542 0.3% + 5%
Israel 6 075 0.7% 6 306 0.8% 2 411 0.3% 1 285 0.1% 1 488 0.2% + 16%
Others 4 969 0.6% 2 820 0.3% 3 956 0.5% 3 697 0.4% 2 583 0.3% #N/A
Extra-EU 855 048 807 274 845 743 872 356 899 183
% change - 5.6% + 4.8% + 3.1% + 2.8%
2012 2013 2014 Jan-Dec 162015
POULTRY IMPORTS INTO THE EU
� DAFF letter requesting market access for SA poultry received on 11 April 2017 – reference to EU Ambassador meeting in February with Ministers Davis and Zokwana
� DAFF indicate that SA has already started preparing on basis of the ratite audit recommendations of June 2016
� No market barriers. Duty-free/quota-free under EPA
� Food safety/animal health (SPS) rules apply
� Residue and public health audits in February 2017 - problems with SA laboratories and official controls system – serious state veterinary understaffing - raised back in 2007/2008 audits!
� Need to manage exposure to prohibited medicines and growth hormones – future VPN on a split system. National priority to address – for all commodities!
� Importance of B2B/industry – SAPA and AVEC cooperation
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CONCLUSIONS
• The EU has been and remains a reliable, trustworthy trading partner for SA
• The trade partnership has been mutually beneficial and is a relationship among equals - we engage in good faith
• The SA poultry industry challenges were obviated by the temporary raise in imports last year – but they are of a structural character. We welcome the SA government Poultry Task Team and its comprehensive approach
• We do and will cooperate in all ITAC investigations
• The EU-SA strategic partnership and the EPA are too important to be allowed to fail – mutually beneficial trade contributes to both SA and EU job creation and economic growth
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