Tag: Exports
Avocado ban threatens SA export market
South Africa is one of the world’s major avocado producers, coming in at 12th place on the global scale. The country’s export market could soon be worse for wear however, as...
China manufacturing improves in August but sales weaken
China's manufacturing activity improved in August but sales weakened amid a worsening tariff war with Washington, a survey showed Friday.
The China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said its monthly purchasing managers'...
Weak rand could be great for manufactured exports
The rand opened about 0.5 percent weaker on Tuesday, trading near the R13.40 mark before strengthening to R13.28 during intraday trade.
However, it is not all doom and gloom as analysts...
Solutions for fruit exporters’ pesticide residue headaches
At 2,7 million tonnes per year, South Africa is the largest fresh fruit exporter by volume in the southern hemisphere. Local produce is sold in 92 countries around the world, ranging...
New Transnet, DBSA finance scheme set up to support African rail exports
State-owned entities Transnet and the Development Bank of Southern Africa(DBSA) have agreed to create a new facility that will extend favourable financing to African and Middle Eastern buyers of TransnetEngineering’s (TE’s) rail rolling stock and portequipment.
The financing...
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“More organisations are adopting artificial intelligence (AI). Fourteen percent of global CIOs have already deployed AI and 48% will deploy it in 2019 or by 2020, according...
