Strained Trade Conditions

In a statement issued today the CEO of SACCI, Mr. Alan Mukoki, said: According to SACCI’s Trade Conditions Survey of January 2016, trade conditions remained strained and closely resembled conditions following on the recession of 2007/08. The seasonally adjusted composite ……..

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 […]