AreaSouth Africa

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date01/09/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport tariff

DescriptionIncreased the import tariff on wheat by 78 percent to ZAR 911.20 (USD 65.7) per tonne to protect local producers. That is the highest tariff applied since the government introduced the regime in January 2002.