Tag: AfCFTA
tralac Daily News
12 Jul 21 NewsNational
South Africa has lost its status as gateway to Africa as trucks burn – RFA (Engineering News)
President Cyril Ramaphosa must ensure that the violent scenes currently p...
tralac Daily News
11 Jul 21 NewsNational
Sars, Busa form economic operator stakeholder group to improve border management (Engineering News)
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and business advocacy organi...
tralac Annual Conference 2021
09 Jul 21 EventThis year’s tralac Annual Conference was, for the second year, a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this year’s conference we considered some lessons from COVID-19....
tralac Daily News
07 Jul 21 NewsNational
Trade, Industry and Competition hosts pricing regulations dialogue, 7 Jul (South African Government)
The pricing regulations and other related matters on prices will com...
Ethiopia: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
06 Jul 21 InfographicsIn 2020, 21% of Ethiopia’s world exports and 6% of world imports were intra-Africa. Between 2019 and 2020, Ethiopia’s exports to Africa declined by 6%, and imports by 5%.
Ethi...
Gambia: intra-Africa trade and tariff profile 2020
06 Jul 21 InfographicsIn 2020, 86% of Gambia’s world exports and 20% of world imports were intra-Africa. Between 2019 and 2020, Gambia’s intra-Africa exports increased by 26%, and imports by 2%.
Ga...
tralac Daily News
06 Jul 21 NewsNational
Iconic South African Mines Are Ravaged Economy’s Unlikely Savior (Bloomberg)
The world’s deepest precious-metals mines, together with giant iron-ore and coal pits ar...
tralac Daily News
05 Jul 21 NewsNational
Rebuilding The South African Industrial Base – Progress with Sugar and Poultry Masterplans (the dtic)
Solid progress is being made with implementation of partnership a...
Trade Facilitation and institutional arrangements under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
03 Jul 21 BlogVarious technical committees are established by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), to assist with the implementation of its Protocols and the respective Annexes...
The institutional architecture for implementation of the trade facilitation agenda under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
03 Jul 21 PublicationsThe Protocols to the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) establish various technical committees to assist with the implementation of the Ag...
tralac Daily News
02 Jul 21 NewsNational
Port delays, slow vaccine rollout threatening to dent consumption – Naamsa (Engineering News)
New-vehicle sales increased by 20.2% in June, to 38 030 units, compared w...
tralac Daily News
01 Jul 21 NewsNational
SA’s trade surplus is continuing its upward swing (IOL)
South Africa’s bumper trade activity rose above expectations in May as the country recorded the largest month...
tralac Daily News
29 Jun 21 NewsNational
6 in 10 small business owners proactively planning for growth (IOL)
As the lockdown regulations, tightened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday, continue to put pressu...
tralac Daily News
28 Jun 21 NewsNational
Poultry and Automotive Masterplan to Achieve Necessary Reform Parliament Hears (the dtic)
Government is implementing necessary reforms to transform and revive the poultr...
tralac Daily News
25 Jun 21 NewsNational
Attaining port efficiency requires purpose rethink, says law firm (Engineering News)
South Africa’s maritime ports, known to be highly inefficient, need to be repurpos...
tralac Daily News
24 Jun 21 NewsNational
Pandemic has presented ‘economic reset’ opportunities (Engineering News)
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Boitumelo Moloi said on Wednesday that while the Co...
tralac Daily News
23 Jun 21 NewsNational
South Africa unearths hidden strengths during pandemic (OMFIF)
This October, OMFIF and ABSA launch the fifth edition of the ABSA Africa Financial Markets Index, the regi...
tralac Daily News
21 Jun 21 NewsNational
More Young People Need to Take Advantage of Opportunities in the Agriculture and Agroprocessing Sectors (the dtic)
There is a great need to get more young people partici...
tralac Daily News
18 Jun 21 NewsNational
SA exports have the potential to drive growth in post-pandemic boom (Citypress)
South Africa is experiencing a record trade surplus in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic ...
tralac Daily News
16 Jun 21 NewsNational
Government and Industry to Boost Growing Global Business Service Industry Through New Industry Master Plan (the dtic)
Eighty-two thousand jobs have been created in South...