Chicken issues should not mar trade relationship between EU and SA
The difficulties being experienced by the South African poultry industry should not undermine the mutually beneficial trade relationship the country has with the EU, a representative of the EU said on Tuesday.
Nam Underutilises Sacu Rebates for Promoting Manufacturing
Namibia hardly uses rebate facilities provided in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) agreement of 2002 as a policy instrument designed to stimulate manufacturing in the country.
South Africa plans emergency steel tariff from July – WTO SA plans steel import tariffs
South Africa is proposing to put emergency “safeguard” tariffs on imports of certain steel products from July, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization this week.
New duties on steel products indicative of SA’s value-chain approach to protection
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) confirms that it has recommended increased protection on several downstream steel products and that it is also considering recommending duties on a range of other value-added steel products in future.
Africa must turn resources into manufactured export products
There is a shared sense that international trade has great potential to contribute to growth and poverty reduction. There are several examples of countries in which integration into the world economy was followed by strong growth and a reduction of poverty, but evidence also indicates that trade opening does not automatically bring growth.
DTI promises fast tracked support for downstream steel industry
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) insists that measures to support the downstream steel industry in South Africa are a priority for government and are being fast-tracked.
Government intervenes to save steel sector
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) says it is implementing measures to protect the steel industry. The local steel sector has recently been decimated, with thousands of workers retrenched as companies stopped running furnaces.
Amsa seeks cheaper electricity
ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Wim de Klerk said on Friday that for the first time in years his company was in talks with Eskom on electricity prices, especially for its Saldanha Works, a heavy user of power.
AMSA wants customers to unite behind call for industry-wide protection
Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has appealed to its downstream customers to join it in a united lobbying effort for higher levels of tariff protection on both primary and value-added steel products, which, it claims, are being displaced by cheap, subsidised imports that are threatening local firms and jobs.
Trade forum looks into poultry dumping claims
The poultry trade between South Africa and Namibia is not clearly defined, leading to confusion regarding the actual origin of many chicken products imported into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). This surfaced after SACU announced a 13.9% tax on chicken of EU origin.