The EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Southern Africa would like to introduce BusinessNL to our board

The European Union would like to thank South Africa for the opportunity to submit comments on the draft Notice 1211 of 2022 concerning the Trade Policy Directive issued on the proposed six-month ban on the exportation of ferrous and non-ferrous waste and scrap metal.

The European Union and South Africa enjoy a unique strategic and preferential economic relationship that is embedded in the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, but includes cooperation across a much wider set of social, environmental, industrial, developmental, and security-related matters. The strength and impact of these economic and political relations is reflected in the deep linkages between companies and industries in the EU, and South Africa.

The European Union and South Africa enjoy a unique strategic and preferential economic relationship that is embedded in the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, but includes cooperation across a much wider set of social, environmental, industrial, developmental, and security-related matters. The strength and impact of these economic and political relations is reflected in the deep linkages between companies and industries in the EU, and South Africa.

The representatives of EU companies outside of South Africa have a strongly favourable perception of South Africa as a potential investment destination, relative to the nine other emerging markets that were rated as part of this survey. See the results in the full survey report.