Zimbabwean poultry sector urges the government to extend the import quota on fertilized eggs
The Zimbabwean authorities have suspended the duty for fertilized egg importers in order to maintain the poultry and egg supply on the domestic market from August 1, 2017, to January 31, 2018.
However, representatives from the industry say that the duty suspension needs to be extended in order for the poultry sector to fully recover.
According to NewsDay, Solomon Zawe, the chairman from the Zimbabwe Poultry Association, announced that the local poultry producers have submitted a position paper to the government for the renewal of the Statutory Instrument 124 of 2017, which allowed the duty suspension.
“SI 124 of 2017, which was gazetted to allow duty-free importation of hatching eggs to bridge the supply gap of day-old chicks created by the outbreak of avian influenza expired on January 31, 2018,” he said.
Mr. Zawe also said in a statement that the association submitted the position paper because of a continued day-old-chick deficit and slow recovery of local breeding capacity.
According to the Zimbabwean association, the domestic hatching egg production has reported a decrease of 35% to 4.6 million in July 2017 from 7.1 million in May. The production of hatching eggs recovered to 7.4 million in December last year.
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