Earlier in October 2025, the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade released its latest G20 Trade Policy Factbook. The report shows that trade activity among G20 members remains high and increasingly complex. Although the total number of trade measures in 2025 […]
On 3 October 2025, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) published a notice inviting public comment on a proposal to place chrome ore (tariff subheading 2610.00) under export control. This step follows a Cabinet decision in June 2025 to […]
On 3 October 2025, SARS published amendments to its tariff schedules, effective from 1 January 2026, to align South Africa’s customs duties with its commitments under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). These changes include the substitution of various tariff subheadings […]
On 30 September 2025, the Competition Commission officially launched the Poultry Market Inquiry (PMI) to examine how South Africa’s poultry industry works from breeding and feed to the sale of chicken and eggs on supermarket shelves. The poultry sector is one of […]
On 20 August 2025, ITAC initiated a sunset review of anti-dumping duties imposed on boards, sheets, panels, tiles, and similar articles of plaster or compositions based on plaster, not ornamented, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented (gypsum plasterboard), […]
On 4 July 2025, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) introduced important amendments to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, aimed at tightening the regulation of electronic cigarettes and vaping products. These changes, reflected in amendments to Schedule No. 1 (Parts 1 […]
In May 2025, the geopolitical tensions between the European Union (EU) and Russia extended to the global trade space, with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) being used as the battlefield. This time around these two trade partners are clashing over the EU’s […]
On 22 May 2025, the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) announced an expansion to the scope of its self-initiated investigation regarding the customs duty rate on various footwear products under Chapter 64 of the Customs and Excise Act, No. 91 of 1964. […]
Grain SA and the South African Cereal and Oilseed Trade Association (SACOTA) brought the application for the increase in the Dollar-based Reference Price (DBRP) on wheat, classifiable under tariff subheading 1101.00.10. In their application, the applicants propose increasing the dollar-based reference price […]
The South African government amended Part 3F of Schedule 1 of the Customs and Excise Act of 1964 on 11 April 2025, as published in Government Gazette no. 52491. This amendment adjusted environmental levy items 157.01, 157.03, and 157.05. The government has […]