EXCLUSIVE: DTI heading to Zimbabwe to thrash out ban on SA goods
THE Department of Trade and Industry is due to send a technical team to Zimbabwe in a day or two, armed with a list of more than 100 items that are at the centre of a trade impasse between SA and its northern neighbour.Department director-general Lionel October on Thursday said Minister Rob Davies and his Zimbabwean counterpart were due to meet soon to smooth out the dispute. Davies had also taken the issue to Cabinet level, October said.The dispute stems from a unilateral ban Zimbabwe imposed on South African imports, with the country slapping exporters with extra tax duties.Zimbabwe says the import restriction is meant to protect local industries and prevent the trend towards the country becoming a "supermarket economy".READ THIS: Beitbridge delays hugely costly but are ‘easily solved’October explained that this had been a long-standing issue and was raised during Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s state visit to SA in 2015. Zimbabwe’s unilateral ban on South African imports had...
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