Investigating Poultry: Analysis of South Africa’s Trade

30 January 2025, ChickenFacts In a media statement released on 20 January 2025, The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) alleged that Argentina is “flooding” the South African market with cheap poultry imports, specifically MDM (mechanically deboned meat) and offals, which, according to SAPA, face no tariffs. ChickenFacts did an in-depth investigation into the allegations and the […]
AMIE bemoans costly inefficiencies for meat import permits following BMA changes

10 October 2023, Engineering News The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has raised concern about the significant delays in the issuance of meat import removal permits, stating that the process used to take two days but is now taking between eight and nine days, following revised requirements by the Border Management Agency (BMA). […]
BFAP Brief on April 2024 Stats SA food inflation

30 May 2024, BFAP South African year-on-year inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 0.4 percentage points from 5.1% in March 2024, to 4.7% in April 2024. Food inflation remained at a level lower than CPI headline inflation (5.2% in April 2024) for the second consecutive month. In April 2024, a four-member reference household had to […]
Household Affordability Index for April 2024

24 April 2024, Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group The Household Food Basket has been designed together with women living on low incomes in various areas and provinces throughout South Africa. It includes the foods and the volumes of these foods which women living in a family of seven members (an average low-income household size) […]
BFAP Brief on March 2024 SA Food Inflation Stats

South African year-on-year inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 1.0 percentage points from 6.1% in February 2024, to 5.1% in March 2024. Food inflation at a level lower than CPI headline inflation (5.3% in March 2024) last occurred more than two years ago. In March 2024, a four-member reference household had to spend R3 […]
South Africa’s Exports and Imports of Agricultural Products

February 2024 The Department of Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has released an updated summary of South Africa’s agricultural exports and imports for the period 2023 quarter 3 vs 2022 quarter 3. View the summary HERE
BFAP Brief on January 2024 Stats SA food inflation

The BFAP team unpacks South Africa’s January food inflation figures and the associated driving factors and expectations. South African year-on-year inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 1.3 percentage points from 8.5% in December 2023, to 7.2% in January 2024. In January 2024, a reference household had to spend R3 737 on the Thrifty […]
Itac rebates have the fox guarding the chickens

13 February 2024, Business Day, Paul Matthew A well-intentioned government intervention is likely to come to naught, with no relief for importers and consumers. There was some good news for cash-strapped South Africans in “Januworry” as they tried to keep their heads financially above water during what always feels like the longest and most expensive […]
Household Affordability Index for January 2024

The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group [PMBEJD] has compiled and published the Household Affordability Index for January. About the Index: “The Household Food Basket has been designed together with women living on low incomes in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Cape Town (Gugulethu, Philippi, Khayelitsha, Langa, Delft, Dunoon), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban […]
AMIE welcomes Minister Patel, ITAC’s decision on rebate for chicken imports to help poor households

26 January 2023, Johannesburg The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of Southern Africa (AMIE) has welcomed the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition rebate decision on boneless and bone-in chicken cuts, saying that the move will keep the price of chicken in check for consumers, especially for poor households, who are struggling to afford […]