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. The decision will reset exporters'…
Read more →SA Ports Break the 100,000-Container Week — But Cargo Still Stalls Inland
Transnet moved a record 100,158 TEUs in a single week, yet peak-citrus reefer delays and landside bottlenecks mean the quayside win has…
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 12.5%. Exporters face a higher…
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 truck-driver shutdown set for 30 June targets the N3, N2 and Durban harbour routes — the corridor most of SA's imports…
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 in this steel cycle…
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 Report 764, pushing headline…
Read more →Washington Stacks a 12.5% Tariff on South Africa's Exporters
USTR has proposed an extra 12.5% duty on South African goods under a Section 301 forced-labour action, stacking on the existing 10%.…
Read more →Cape Town Named World's Worst Container Port — and You Pay for It
The World Bank's 2025 Container Port Performance Index ranks Cape Town last of 400+ ports. For ZA importers that bottom spot is…
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