date:Aug 31, 2016
At the moment South Africa has a tariff free period for exports to the European Union countries which ends on 16th October every year, when tariffs then increase to 16%. But this is about to change as, recently, the South African Customs Union signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union to extend the tariff free period over a period of ten years.
The agreement has not come into force yet, explains Justin Chadwick CEO of South Africa's Citrus Grower's Association. We are sti