Mining is expected to be a major driver of Africa’s development for the next few years. However, in many African jurisdictions, the industry is far from stable and needs to perform a complicated ...

Sampa welcomes gov efforts to rework Brazil poultry import ban (Engineering News) The South African Meat Processors Association (Sampa) has welcomed efforts by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) to ...

South Africa’s GDP vulnerable of sliding into negative territory after barely growing in the first quarter (Engineering News) South Africa‘s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1% in the first ...

Trump’s tariffs included a 145% US tax on Chinese imports, to which China responded by announcing a 125% Chinese tariff on US imports. These two countries have since agreed to a truce, pending further ...

There have also been new initiatives to work out bespoke bilateral deals. They are, for the time being, ad hoc trade arrangements. It will take a long time (and require a proper strategy) to ...

South African agricultural exports rose 10% in the first quarter to $3.36-billion from a year earlier as port performance improved and shipments to the US climbed, an industry body said. The 14% ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – the United States’ flagship trade ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC ...

A report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) says Africa’s economic growth is expected to increase from 3.3 per cent in 2024 to 3.9 per cent in 2025, going up to 4.0 per cent in 2026.

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US ...