U.S. to Follow through on Suspending AGOA Benefits to South Africa
The U.S. is set to suspend African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits for South African agricultural goods effective Jan. 4 (see 1512220022 and 1511050051), said the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The U.S. pressured South Africa to remove…
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trade remedies and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers for several months (see 1509140023). Though negotiators from both sides worked vigorously to end an ongoing quarrel about requirements stipulated for quantities and locations of origin of U.S. poultry exports to South Africa, the USTR is holding onto previously announced plans to suspend AGOA benefits to South Africa, an agency spokesman said in a Jan. 4 email. Industry groups like the U.S.A. Poultry and Egg Export Council had expressed support for suspending AGOA benefits for South Africa to counteract antidumping duties and expand trade flows.