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South Africa is the largest user of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for agricultural exports to the United States in the Southern African region.

On September 28, 2018, the South African Revenue Service published notifications that a safeguard duty of 35.3 percent will be imposed on EU bone-in chicken.

Two-way agricultural trade between the United States and Southern Africa has grown significantly in the past decade, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2017.

Post estimates that the decreasing trend in sorghum production in South Africa will continue in the 2018/19 MY.

The South African Government through the Deputy President confirmed collaboration with organized agriculture on land reform at a land summit on August 23 and 24, 2018.

South Africa produced a historical-high summer oilseed crop of 2.5 million tons in the 2017/18 MY with a further increase in oilseed production projected for the 2018/19 MY to 2.6 million tons.

On June 8, 2017, the South African National Assembly passed the Border Management Authority Bill.

The decline in the production and stocks of wine in South Africa is expected to result in an increase in domestic prices, and in potential shortages of distilling wine and wine for brandy....

The severe drought in the Western Cape, will severely impact the availability of irrigation water in the 2017/18 MY. As a result, the 2017/18 MY production and export of deciduous fruits....

All the sections of the Report have been updated based on recent regulation amendments, updated website links and to comply with the updated reporting instructions.

The South African retail food sector is sophisticated and well developed relative to other markets on the African continent.

South Africa serves as the perfect entry point to doing business in the Sub-Saharan African region.