The 15% Trap Treasury Just Closed for SA's Private Terminals
Backdated to 1 April, Treasury and SARS now recognise licensed terminal operators for VAT zero-rating — closing a 15% trap sprung by…
Read more →AGOA Extended to 2028 — But SA's Car Exporters Get No Relief
Trump signed AGOA's extension to end-2028, but the 25% Section 232 tariff still overrides it for vehicles — the sector that was…
Read more →ITAC Targets China and Saudi Plasterboard as the 6809.11 Net Closes
ITAC has opened an anti-dumping probe into gypsum plasterboard from China and Saudi Arabia, leaving importers on 6809.11 with a contingent duty…
Read more →New SARS Customs Codes for Copper, Abalone, Batteries — Comment by 18 August
SARS's "technical" tariff amendments re-code copper scrap, abalone, lithium cells and steel from 1 January 2027 — comment closes 18 August. Here's…
Read more →Transnet Stakes Its Reform on the Branch Lines It Let Decay
Transnet has invited private capital to fix 9,098km of loss-making branch line — the least glamorous, most consequential step yet in South…
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 →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 →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…
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