Industry body Grain SA strongly rejects the final outcome of the wheat tariff amendment investigation, following confirmation in the Government Gazette that the dollar-based reference price (DBRP) for wheat will remain unchanged at $279/t and that no automatic trigger mechanism will be implemented. The application, submitted by Grain SA and the South African Cereals and Oilseeds Trade Association (Sacota), requested an increase in the wheat reference price from $279/t to $289/t, as well as a more efficient mechanism to address delays between tariff triggers and implementation.

Industry body Grain SA strongly rejects the final outcome of the wheat tariff amendment investigation, following confirmation in the Government Gazette that the dollar-based…

Wheat producers are up in arms over trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau’s rejection of an application by local producers to increase the domestic dollar-based…