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‘Lifting import tariffs on French fries not an option’
Farmer's Weekly
|November 25, 2022
Small-scale potato farmers, in particular, are under pressure from imports of frozen French fries, according to Willie Jacobs, CEO of Potatoes South Africa.
Calls to lift import tariffs on frozen French fries could exacerbate the imbalance that already exists on the local potato market.
This was according to Willie Jacobs, CEO of Potatoes South Africa, responding to comments made by Donald MacKay, CEO of XA Global Trade Advisors at a recent media briefing. MacKay had said that the rolling blackouts were one of the main reasons the local potato industry was struggling to produce enough frozen potato chips to supply local demand, leading to price increases.
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