Tag: SACU

  • SACU Steel Wall

    Southern African Customs Union imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese coated flat-rolled steel as Pretoria escalates its defence of a battered domestic mill sector By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting PRETORIA, Aug. 31, 2026. Provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of coated flat-rolled steel from China took effect across the Southern African Customs Union on…

  • SA Chicken Duty

    South Africa races the clock with a sunset review of decade-old anti-dumping duties on European bone-in chicken, days before the tariffs were set to lapse JOHANNESBURG, August 19, 2026 South Africa’s trade regulator has launched a last-minute sunset review of the anti-dumping duties that have shielded the Southern African Customs Union’s poultry industry from European…

  • SACU Wheat Cut

    Southern Africa’s customs union has scrapped its wheat import duty entirely, dropping the tariff from R153.70 per tonne to zero after world prices surged, and the region’s grain producers say the system that delivered the cut is broken. PRETORIA, August 9, 2026. The Southern African Customs Union has eliminated import duties on wheat and wheaten…

  • Wheat Duty Axed

    Southern Africa’s customs union has scrapped its wheat import tariff entirely, dropping the duty to zero across five countries and reshaping the cost calculus for one of the region’s most import-dependent food staples. JOHANNESBURG, August 8, 2026. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has cut the import duty on wheat to zero, publishing an amendment…

  • SACU Steel Line

    Southern Africa’s customs union opens a sweeping safeguard investigation into cold-rolled flat steel, positioning the five-nation bloc as the newest trade defence flashpoint in a world awash with surplus metal and diverted cargoes. Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade News Desk PRETORIA, Aug. 3, 2026. The Southern African Customs Union has opened one of the most…

  • SACU Drill Duty

    South Africa’s new 20% tariff on rock drill parts takes effect across the customs union, testing localisation ambitions against mining cost pressures. PRETORIA, July 29, 2026 – Parts for rock drilling equipment entering the Southern African Customs Union now face a 20% ad valorem customs duty, after the South African Revenue Service gazetted an amendment…