SARB Holds at 7% — and Hands Importers the Rand Risk
The Reserve Bank held the repo rate at 7% on 23 July as the rand slid to R16.82 and June inflation hit…
Read more →Transnet's Fuel Charge Falls to R52 a Box — But It's Now a Moving Target
Transnet's container fuel surcharge drops to R52 for August, back where it started — proof the "short-term" levy is now a permanent,…
Read more →Transnet's R52 Fuel Levy: A Cut That Cements a Permanent Cost
Transnet's Fuel Neutrality Charge falls to R52 a container on 1 August — but the cut only returns it to its floor,…
Read more →SA Slaps Tile Duties of up to 231% on India and Three Neighbours
SARS has imposed provisional anti-dumping payments of up to 231.62% on ceramic and porcelain tiles from India, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe until…
Read more →Pretoria's Exemption Gambit Against Washington's 12.5% Forced-Labour Duty
A South African delegation asked USTR to spare six export categories from a proposed 12.5% forced-labour duty. Washington's decision, due within weeks,…
Read more →SA Ports Break the 100,000-Container Week — But Cargo Still Stalls Inland
Transnet's terminals moved a record 100,158 TEUs in a single week, yet peak-citrus reefer delays and landside bottlenecks mean the quayside win…
Read more →US Forced-Labour Duty Could Push SA's Export Tariff to 12.5%
Washington's 10% surcharge on South African goods lapses on 24 July, and USTR's proposed forced-labour successor sets a 12.5% duty. Exporters face…
Read more →The 10% US Tariff Expires on 24 July — Relief or a Worse Regime?
The 10% Section 122 surcharge on South African exports to the US expires on 24 July 2026. Whether it lapses or is…
Read more →The 30 June Shutdown and the One Road SA's Imports Can't Lose
A national truck-driver shutdown set for 30 June targets the N3, N2 and Durban harbour routes — the single corridor most of…
Read more →Washington's 12.5% Forced-Labour Tariff Puts SA Exporters on the Clock
The US has proposed an extra 12.5% tariff on all South African goods over a forced-labour finding, with hearings on 7 July…
Read more →SA Aims Anti-Dumping at a Neighbour: Mozambican Steel Pipe in the Net
SARS gazetted a provisional anti-dumping duty on large-diameter steel pipe from Mozambique on 18 June — the first country-specific remedy in this…
Read more →Steel Safeguard Stacks: 52% Duty Lands on Flat-Rolled Coil Imports
A definitive 52.34% WTO safeguard duty on flat-rolled steel took effect on 12 June 2026 and stacks on top of Report 764,…
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