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In 2022, South Africa’s intra-African merchandise trade was valued at approximately US$40 billion, accounting for only 17% of the country’s total merchandise trade. South Afric...

Private sector investment in energy to lift employment, economic growth (Engineering News) Solar power investment will reduce loadshedding and increase employment growth in 2024, ...

In 2022, Malawi's intra-African trade (imports + exports) was US$808 million, accounting for 32% of Malawi's total trade. Malawi's main intra-African trading partners include South...

The value of Zambia’s intra-African trade (imports + exports) was US$8.49 billion, accounting for 41% of Zambia’s total trade in 2022. The main intra-African trading partners o...

South Africa foreign policy in a tangle (CAJ News Africa) This year will go down the annals of history as one in which the southern African nation faced the greatest dilemma in ju...

BRICS: SA-China trade is nothing unfair, says SA Chamber of Commerce (IOL) South Africa should improve its industrialisation and manufacturing capacity in a bid to balance the tra...

South Africa taking an average of 25 months to complete tariff investigations, report shows (Engineering News) It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to com...

Economists see South Africa averting second-quarter contraction (Engineering News) South Africa’s economy probably avoided a contraction in the second quarter, despite record po...

Trade statistics for June 2023 (South African Revenue Service) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance deficit of R3.5 billion in June 2023. This deficit is attributable...

South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded significant decline in the first quarter (Engineering News) The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a ...

Rising global demand for South African vegetables (FreshPlaza) The National Agricultural Marketing Council hosted a workshop on South Africa’s fresh produce chain today in which...

The global drive towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the increased availability of green finance, and the associated ambitions of firms and governments to improve their envi...

Coming Soon: Online Platform for Trade in Services (COMESA) COMESA will soon launch an Online Platform for Trade in Services that will be used to facilitate speedy and efficient n...

Local news Overcoming financial exclusion in South Africa (Moneyweb) Financial inclusion is severely skewed in South Africa, with higher income groups having more access to a ran...

Local news Rebuilding economy tops leaders’ conference agenda (SAnews) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the country’s economy faces an urgent need to rebuild infrastruc...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) defines trade facilitation as “the simplification, modernisation and harmonisation of export and import processes.” In spite of the liberalis...

Local ICYMI: South Africa: Ministers are invisible bottleneck in customs duties decisions (The Africa Report) Companies seeking either relief on customs duties in the absence of ...

Local 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...