Markets and Trade
AreaSouth Africa
Commodity GroupGrains
CommodityWheat
Date08/09/2017
Policy CategoryTrade
Policy InstrumentImport tariff
DescriptionLowered its wheat import tariff to ZAR 379.34 (USD 28.74) per tonne, down 60 percent from the previous tariff. The new tariff is at the lowest level since February 2015, and it comes after a decline in South Africa’s wheat crop production in 2017/18.