Business Confidence Index

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Confidence Index November 2015 Content: The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) This Month’s BCI Results Impact of Sub-indices on the SACCI BCI Economic Commentary General Economic Indicators For more details please click here: BCI_NOV_2015

AGOA

PRESS STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 11TH JANUARY 2016 PROCLAMATION South Africa wishes to clarify that all its AGOA benefits remain in place and the new proclamation issued by President Obama announcing the suspension of agriculture benefits on the 15th of March will be lifted as soon as the first shipment of poultry enters the South […]

Trade Conditions

Depressed Trade Conditions Trade conditions are approaching the desperate levels experienced towards the middle of 2009 after the great recession of 2007/08.  The December 2015 seasonally adjusted composite Trade Activity Index (TAI) measured 39 compared to 42 in November 2015.  The December 2014 seasonally adjusted TAI was 17 index points higher than the figure recorded […]