by Paul Matthew | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has unveiled a multimillion-rand project that will lead to the upgrade and rehabilitation of strategic roads damaged by the recent floods. R500m road project to rebuild damaged KZN infrastructure | Freight... Read more
by Paul Matthew | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Very interesting read -Paul The Philippines is the eighth largest market for U.S. agricultural exports and the top market in Southeast Asia. Already a longstanding and reliable trading partner, the Philippines continues to offer many opportunities for exporters... Read more
by Paul Matthew | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month, the Fair Trade Commission imposed fines totalling 699 million won (KRW; US$554,000) on six of South Korea’s poultry processors, as well as the industry association. According to the Yonhap news agency, the penalties were meted out by the antitrust... Read more
by Paul Matthew | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Zim, the world’s tenth largest container shipping line, posted the best quarterly results in its history on Wednesday. It hiked its full-year guidance and now predicts 2022 earnings will be around 20% higher than in 2021. And yet, shares of Zim — by far the largest... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
With less than 48 hours to go before a fuel price increase that could take the cost of petrol and diesel in South Africa to about R25 a litre, Tiger Brands CEO Noel Doyle has warned of food inflation increases unlike anything the country has ever seen. Bad tidings:... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
South African companies are missing out on R350-billion a year in export opportunities to the European Union (EU), new research shows. Under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which it signed with South Africa and five other southern African countries in 2016,... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ongoing delays and congestion, as businesses scramble to meet their obligations to clients, mean the overall losses resulting from recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal keep piling up. Earlier this week, Transnet sent an internal memo to stakeholders in Durban’s... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
The EU and South Africa held a special two-day seminar on European agri-food products on 18-19 May 2022. The event focused on making the EU’s high quality and Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) standards for agri-food production more familiar to South African... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tiger Brands expects inflation for some food categories, including staples such as bread, maize meal and baking flour, to rise by between 15% and 20%. For context, inflation for these food categories, mainly bread and cereals, was measured at 4.8% in April this year... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
The EU-funded study by Trade Research Advisory in association with the North West University looked to identify opportunities for greatly increasing trade and investment between SA and the EU. It found that SA is not fully using its trade agreement with EU which... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Higher food prices could bring increased instability | Freight... Read more
by Paul Matthew | May 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
LETTER: Government needs to suspend localisation master plans for time being... Read more
