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 →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 →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,…
Read more →Washington Stacks a 12.5% Tariff on South Africa's Exporters
The USTR has proposed an extra 12.5% duty on South African goods under a Section 301 forced-labour action. It would stack on…
Read more →Retaliate or Reset: SA Weighs Its Move as US Tariff Clock Ticks
Washington's proposed 12.5% forced-labour tariff is in its comment window, and the decision has shifted to Pretoria. Retaliate against US goods or…
Read more →AGOA in Name Only: SA's Export Pivot From Washington to Beijing
South Africa keeps its AGOA seat but a 30% US tariff has gutted its value, just as China's zero-tariff door opens. The…
Read more →SA's Fuel Levy Returns: June's Diesel Relief Is a Mirage
A R3.25/litre diesel pump cut on 3 June masks a structural tax shift — the general fuel levy is back from nil…
Read more →SARS Forces Foreign Trucks to Pre-Declare Online Before the Border
From 1 June SARS requires every foreign-registered vehicle to be declared on its Traveller Management System before reaching the border — a…
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