Agoa uncertainty adds fresh strain to South Africa’s poultry industry (The Herald)
South Africa’s poultry industry is increasingly exposed to global trade politics, with renewed uncertainty around the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) compounding pressures from rising input costs, disease risks and weak consumer demand.
In its annual report for the year to end-September, Astral Foods said uncertainty over Agoa and US trade concessions was undermining investment, employment and long-term planning in the local industry.