Tag: EU-Africa relations
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01 Mar 24 NewsStimulating sustainable wood in Green Construction in Kenya for low carbon climate resilient development (UNDP)
The forest sector plays a key role in socioeconomic development of ...
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30 Jan 24 NewsItaly-Africa Summit
Italy unveils its plan for the development of Africa (Africanews)
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday unveiled Italy’s big development plan for Africa ...
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21 Nov 23 NewsSouth Africa: Major Crisis at South Africa’s Ports (allAfrica)
Delays in container offloading at Durban port, Richards Bay port and Cape Town port is once again highlighting the...
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26 Oct 23 NewsSouth Africa: World Bank Backs Reforms to Advance Energy Security and Low Carbon Transition (World Bank)
The World Bank Board supports the Government of South Africa’s efforts t...
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28 Sep 23 NewsDip in exports out east raises red flags for SA (Freight News)
The importance of China in South African trade cannot be overstated, considering the country’s economic well-being...
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27 Sep 23 NewsSA records trade surplus in July but off a low base (IOL Business Report)
South Africa’s terms of trade deteriorated materially in the first half of 2023 compared to the same pe...
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03 Aug 23 NewsIndustrial policy changes needed, TIPS forum hears (Engineering News)
Academics and researchers have highlighted some of the policy changes needed within a changing global economy...
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27 Jul 23 NewsSouth Africa Seeks to Halt Used Rail Track Exports to Curb Theft (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s trade minister proposed new regulations to prohibit the export of used rail tracks an...
South Africa, the SADC-EU EPA and the SACUM-UK EPA Tariff-Rate Quota Utilisation Update for 2022
26 Jul 23 PublicationsThis Trade Brief focuses on two trade agreements: firstly, the trading relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) under the Southern ...
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28 Jun 23 NewsSouth African citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports (Reuters)
New European Union pest control rules will cut South Africa’s orange exports to Europe by 20%...
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15 Jun 23 NewsNigeria Finance Act 2023: Increased taxes and import levy aim to boost revenue (Nairametrics)
The Finance Bill 2023 which was signed into law on 28 May 2023 by former President, M...
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15 Mar 23 NewsEgypt’s trade deficit plunges 54% YoY in December 2022: CAPMAS (ZAWYA)
Egypt’s trade balance deficit dropped by 54% year on year (YoY) to $1.93 billion in December 2022, ...
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13 Mar 23 NewsSA tyre manufacturers potentially exposed to dumping from China (The Citizen)
Anti-dumping duties against Chinese exporters of car, bus and lorry tyres to South Africa have e...
African States should keep track of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism as implementation advances
08 Mar 23 BlogOn December 13, 2022, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the implementation of an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mec...
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04 Oct 22 NewsLocal news
Brand SA to host the 6th Annual Nation Brand Forum aimed at rebuilding the economy (BizNews)
This year’s Nation Brand Forum will be held from the 4th to 6th of Octob...
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12 Aug 22 NewsLocal news
SA negotiates settlement to clear citrus blocked in EU ports of entry (SAnews)
The South African government has managed to negotiate a settlement that will see the cle...
The new EU rules for citrus imports from South Africa: Background, applicable legal texts and processes, and the dispute declared by South Africa under the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
11 Aug 22 PublicationsCitrus fruits are one of the most important export products for the South African economy. The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) estimates that the country exported 15...
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11 Aug 22 NewsLocal news
The new EU rules for citrus imports from South Africa: Background, applicable legal texts and processes, and the dispute declared by South Africa under the rules of the...
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10 Aug 22 NewsLocal news
Government Publishes Policy Proposals on Measures to Address Scrap Metal Theft (the dtic)
Government today published draft proposals to address widespread theft o...