Tag: Agriculture
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29 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
South Africa is still an attractive investment, with billions flowing in: government (BusinessTech)
South Africa remains an attractive and lucrative investment destina...
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28 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
South Africa’s FDI inflows increased to R27.2bn in the first quarter (Engineering News)
South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of R27.2-billio...
The Russia-Ukraine war has triggered the use of export restrictions on essential food supplies by some WTO members prompting food insecurity and rising food prices
13 Jun 22 BlogIntroduction
The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe that ranges from human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, food s...
Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference – Geneva: Resource page
13 Jun 22 NewsWTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12
WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...
tralac Daily News
10 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
The party’s over as mining and manufacturing production crash in April (Daily Maverick)
The mining sector has been one of the star performers of the South African ec...
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09 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
Minister Thoko Didiza attends World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 Jun (South African Governme...
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06 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
Wamkele Mene: South Africa’s jitters about free trade rules are ‘not supported by evidence at all’ (Daily Maverick)
South Africa’s small and medium businesses ...
The U.S. anti-dumping investigation against lemon juice exports from South Africa: background, recent updates and next steps
30 May 22 PublicationsSouth African producers and exporters of lemon juice (and no doubt exporters of citrus fruit) received an unwelcome surprise early January 2022 that a California-based company prod...
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27 May 22 NewsLocal news
SA poultry producers missing out on export market with lax livestock health standards (Engineering News)
The South African poultry industry is “missing a massive opp...
tralac Daily News
24 May 22 NewsLocal news
Perfect storm has hit this industry in South Africa – and in turn, consumers (BusinessTech)
South Africa is staring down the barrel of yet another huge fuel hike in ...
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23 May 22 NewsLocal news
AfCFTA holds opportunities for South African industry (Engineering News)
With progress being made on negotiations for the implementation of the African Continental Fre...
tralac Daily News
20 May 22 NewsLocal trade news
Inclusivity, resiliency focus of South Africa’s tourism sector recovery (Engineering News)
As South Africa rebuilds its Covid-19-devastated tourism sector, foc...
tralac Daily News
19 May 22 NewsLocal news
SA Cangegrowers calls on government to honour Sugar Masterplan commitments (Engineering News)
When Minister Ebrahim Patel delivers the budget for the Department of Tra...
WTO Farm Talks on Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes: Consequences of the missed deadlines for a Permanent Solution
18 May 22 PublicationsPublic stockholding (PSH) for food security purposes continues to be a contentious issue in the WTO Agriculture negotiations. While contending positions are put forcefully in the n...
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09 May 22 NewsLocal news
South Africa to Host Investment Forum at African Mining Indaba (the dtic)
Team South Africa will host a mining investment forum at the Investing in African Mining Inda...
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26 Apr 22 NewsDomestic news
AfCFTA not quite the SMME trade silver bullet SA hoped (Daily Maverick)
A draft ANC policy document, which was among several discussed at the ANC’s national ...
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25 Apr 22 NewsLocal news
Proposed EU pest regulations to hurt domestic citrus exports, says association (Engineering News)
Newly proposed European Union (EU) regulations threaten the export of...
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22 Apr 22 NewsLocal news
Removal of poultry import tariffs will destroy domestic jobs, says SAPA (Engineering News)
Requests by the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) to suspen...
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12 Apr 22 NewsLocal news
South African chicken prices set to soar (IOL)
South Africa is facing a chicken price increase tsunami due to inflation, rising costs, supply chain disruptions and glo...
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30 Mar 22 NewsLocal news
‘Raw material export detrimental to growth’ (The Herald)
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to enhance value addition and diversify exports to help ...