Assessment of South African as a Strategic Market for Dubai Exports and Candidate location for OTO

Summary

The objective of this report is to analyze South Africa Market for focus by Dubai Exports and show justification for the establishment of a DE Oversea Trade Office .

Highlights of the results of the analysis:

According to Encomiast Intelligence Unit EIU ,South Africa is a large consumer market with a population of 49 Million. Domestic demand increased by 3.4% per annum in real terms during 2007-2011.GDP growth in real terms stood at 2.7% during 2007-2011

World Bank Doing Business indicators 2012 for South Africa, showed medium ranking for most of the indicators with the exception of , Trade across borders, in which South Africa rank was ( 144 out of 183 economy),however this point can be viewed in favour of the establishment of an OTO in South Africa in that the OTO will provide on the -ground support needed by the exporters.

Global Competitiveness report 2012 shows overall good rankings in competitiveness indicators for South Africa, for example South Africa ranks on related indicators like market size and goods market efficiency were 25 and 32 out of 142economies

South Africa imported around 100 Billion US$ in 2011 accounting for 0.6% of world imports, while annual growth of imports was 24% between 2010-2011.Confirming the market demand is significant .

Total UAE exports and re-exports to South Africa tuned to 1 Billion AED in 2011 having increased by about 8% per year over the period 2008-2011,an indicator of the importance of South Africa as trade partner to UAE.

In 2011 UAE Trade balance of non- oil trade with South Africa stood at 2.6 Billion AED in favour of South Africa ,this a smaller deficit than deficit with many other UAE partners and is a positive point in favour of trade with South Africa.

Exports of UAE to south Africa in 2011 reached about 450 Million AED , up by nearly 31%on 2010,re-exports topped 366 Million AED in the same year ,up also by around 29% on 2010

South Africa registered a high complementarity index with UAE of about 30% compared to around 54% and 29% for India and Egypt. Complementarity index shows the degree of the match of imports of country(in this case South Africa) with exports by a partner(in this case UAE).The index is useful, for example when comparing a country with which a trade agreement is planned to be forged with other countries with which already there is a Preferred Trade Agreement.

However South Africa Trade Complementarity indices with main partners (China, Germany) were high, suggesting strong presence of these partners in the South African market

But a very positive point for South Africa market as strategic market for UAE and a candidate for a Dubai Exports OTO, is the large regional demand by SADC and SACU underscoring the importance of South Africa as a gateway for export from UAE to these two trade block. In this

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context it worth mentioning that SADC imported 1 Billion US$ goods from South Africa in 2011 while SADC and SACU imported 167 and 109 Billion US$ worth of goods respectively from the world in 2011,indicating the large potential market available for UAE.

Many of the products which UAE is capable to export are charged few percentage higher duties than similar products from other parts of the world, on simple average basis, when entering South Africa market as shown in the appendix.

This underscores the importance of forging a Preferred Trade agreement or other types of trade facilitation agreements with South Africa and the need intensify promotion efforts and export facilitation by DE.

It is recommended DE discuss with ESMA the forging of an mutual recognition of standards agreement with South Africa as a first step. ESMA has currently a number of agreements on mutual recognition of standards (see the appendix 3)

1. Introduction

To evaluate South Africa as strategic market for UAE exports this report will analyze four main criteria for the country:

1. South Africa Economy and Trade2. South Africa FTA with countries who are competitors to UAE 3. UAE trade complementarity with South Africa versus South Africa trade complementarity

with UAE competitors4. South Africa FTA with countries who are not real competitors of UAE but rather are potential

markets to UAE through using South Africa as gateway to these markets e.g. SADC ,SACU

2. South Africa Economy and Trade

Table 1 Economy

Annual data 2011 Historical averages (%) 2007-11Population (m) 49 Population growth 0.4GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate) 408.3 Real GDP growth 2.7GDP (US$ bn; purchasing power 555 Real domestic demand growth 3.4

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parity)GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate)

8,332 Inflation 6.5

GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity)

11,326 Current-account balance (% of GDP)

-4.9

Exchange rate (av) :US$ 7.3 FDI inflows (% of GDP) 1.8

(c) Economist Intelligence Unit 2012

Trade

Major exports 2010 % of total

Major imports 2010 % of total

Platinum 11.4 Petrochemicals 13.9Gold 10.4 Equipment components for

cars6.5

Coal 6.7 Motor cars & other components

5.1

Cars & other components

5.2 Petroleum oils & other 4.2

Leading markets 2011 % of total

Leading suppliers 2011 % of total

China 15.1 China 14.7US 9.1 Germany 11.5Japan 7.9 US 8

Economist Intelligence Unit 2012

3. World Bank Doing Business Indicators 2012 for South Africa

Table 2

Indicator Doing Business Rank out 183 economies

Ease of Doing Business 35Starting a business 44Trading Across Borders 144

Getting credit 1Protecting investors 10Enforcing Contracts 81

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Resolving Insolvency 77

4. Global Competitiveness Indices (GCI)for South Africa

Table 3

Rank out of 142 countries

Score1-7

GCI 2011–2012 50 4.3

GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) 53 4.3GCI 2009–2010 (out of 133) 45 4.3Institutions.. 46 4.4Infrastructure. 62 4Macroeconomic environment 55 5Goods Market Efficiency 32 4.7Labour market efficiency 95 4.1Financial market Development 4 5.5Technological readiness 76 3.6Market size 25 4.8Innovation and sophistication factors (10.0%)

39 3.9

Business sophistication 38 4.3Innovation 41 3.5

5. UAE Trade with South Africa

Total UAE exports and re-exports to South Africa tuned to 1 Billion AED in 2011 having increased by about 8% per year over the period 2008-2011

Fig(1)

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IndiaKSA

QatarBrazil

FranceGermanyAustralia

South Africa

SpainINDONESIA

0 50,000,000,000 100,000,000,000

89,008,648,01111,645,247,923

5,748,211,2622,082,642,9901,783,352,8571,532,075,354867,971,080813,272,413551,716,041361,815,175

Total Exports+Re-exports 2011

Fig(2)

KSA

INDONESIA

GermanyQatar

FranceIndia

Brazil

South Africa

SpainAustralia

-20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% 120.0%

100.9%

37.2%

28.5%26.4%

24.2%

19.9%14.0%

7.9%

2.8%

-16.4%

Total exports& re-exports growth 2008-2010 p.a

Trade balance with South Africa is negative but much smaller than many of UAE partners

In 2011 UAE Trade balance with South Africa stood at 2.6 Billion AED in favour of South Africa ,this a smaller deficit than with many other UAE partners

Exports of UAE to south Africa in 2011 reached about 450 Million AED up by nearly 31%on 2010,re-exports topped 366 Million AED in the same year up also by around 29% on 2010

Table 4

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Imports Non-oil exports Re-exports

Kg AED Kg AED Kg AED

2007 980,403,551 4,835,204,589 89,632,766 263,428,187 13,247,098 355,830,205

2008 964,502,044 12,531,472,879 74,196,035 395,742,550 14,151,988 1,012,585,749

2009 836,495,337 2,477,777,240 53,141,975 368,125,287 21,313,590 380,453,722

2010 1,394,482,973 3,304,667,348 83,937,260 339,581,723 15,856,391 283,271,393

2011 989,584,430 3,519,431,031 77,934,499 447,089,052 17,956,192 366,183,361

6. Top Exports to South Africa 2011

Table 5

South Africa

71Precious

Metals & Stones

161,668,887

39Plastics

120,497,878

70Glass &

Glassware 42,463,298

48Paper &

Paperboard 15,105,202

69Ceramics

13,533,905

Source: UAE National Bureau of Statistics

7. UAE Trade Complementarity Index with South Africa

The trade complementarity (TC) index can provide useful information on prospects for intraregional trade in that it shows how well the structures of the partner’s imports and the exporting country exports match. It is a useful indicator when considering the formation of a l trade agreement with a specific partner .TC indices are reported by world bank World Integrated Trade Solutions

The complementarity indices for UAE with selected partners are reported in the table below. It can be seen that India, South Africa, Egypt, Australia and Brazil have the highest complementarity indices with UAE .Germany is enjoying trade preference in South Africa because of Free Trade agreement of South Africa with EU.It is to be noted that Germany and Italy both members of EU, have very high complementarity indices with South Africa, higher than UAE South Africa complementarity..

Table 6 UAE Complementarity with selected partners

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2011 TCAustralia 28.8276Brazil 25.4176Canada 23.9023Germany 24.1634Egypt, Arab Rep. 29.4523Indonesia 31.4040India 53.8727Russian Federation 14.3079South Africa 30.3429

8. South Africa FTA’s with countries who are competitors to UAE

Top competitors tor UAE in the South African market are:

Europe: Germany Italy Asia: China ,Malaysia Americas: USA

South Africa initiated the first trade agreement with the European Union (EU) at the turn of the 21st century. Whilst the Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) was put into place following prolonged negotiations, this was followed by the implementation of the Trade protocol with neighbouring member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Agreements with the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and the Common Markets of the South (Mercosur) were subsequently concluded. In between, trade negotiations with the United States (US) were initiated but eventually collapsed; discussions with India and China were also engage but a formal trade agreements are yet to be launched formally

Mercosuri ( Members are:Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela). and SACU concluded a preferential trade agreement (PTA), a less comprehensive deal than a FTA. The PTA involves the selection of a few products to be liberalized for the two main negotiating parties. Whilst this arrangement is weak, the fact that it has only recently been concluded renders its impact on trade hard to analyze. Whilst the same issue applies for the FTA between SACU and the EFTA which came into effect in May 2010

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South Africa Trade Complementarity indices with main partners were high, suggesting strong presence of these partners in the South African market.

Table 7 South Africa Trade Complementarity with main partners

2011 TCChina 42.7838Germany 41.3827Italy 41.9364Malaysia 36.2409

9. South Africa, a gateway to SADC and SACU courtiers

SADC imported 1 Billion US$ goods from South Africa in 2011 while SADC and SACU imported 167 and 109 Billion US$ worth of goods respectively from the world in 2011 .This large demand of demand by SADC and SACU implies the importance of South Africa as a gateway for export from UAE to these two trade blocks, this market can be reached by re-export via South Africa directly or after undergoing value addition in South Africa thereby UAE products acquiring a status of South Africa origin thereby enjoying lower tariffs when entering SADC and SACU

Among the 10 to imports to SADC, Plastics, Paper and Paperboard and electrical equipment and chemicals are produced in UAE ,an indicator of trade complementarity ,other products can be supplied to SADC and SACU from other Asian countries through UAE

10. South Africa Market Trade restrictiveness

As can be seen from the table in appendix many of the products which UAE is capable to export are charged few percentage higher duties than similar products from other parts of the world on simple average when entering South Africa market

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Appendix

1. South African Development Community member states

Member states of SADC are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

2. South African Customs Union members

Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland

3. Countries with Which ESMA has an agreement of mutual recognition of standards

• Syria

• Jordan

• Palestine

• Tunisia

• Algeria

• Libya

• Sudan

• USA

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• IEC

• India

• Turkey

• Argentine

• Russia

• Korea

• Vietnam

4. South Africa Exports to SADC and SADC imports from the world

Product code Product label

South Africa's exports to Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Southern African Development Community (SADC)'s imports from world

Value in 2009 Value in 2010 Value in 2011 Value in

2009Value in

2010Value in

2011

TOTAL All products 7239417 8950433 10790926 117686352 142674593 167352175

'84Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers, etc. 1012629 1361692 1692353 17449770 19713798 24032634

'27Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc 845771 941150 1284346 19687623 23943850 30687825

'87 Vehicles other than railway, tramway 519138 643455 778840 9760363 12172769 14104039

'85 Electrical, electronic equipment 446054 539395 671859 10967077 12711872 14726036

'73 Articles of iron or steel 489587 666663 657414 4198615 3648045 4188428

'72 Iron and steel 381737 510926 552182 2044750 2574500 3238656

'39 Plastics and articles thereof 284044 400260 465237 2929699 3754319 4435775

'48Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board 209700 258526 289750 1489051 1765843 1959203

'34Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes 141856 190569 242021 618613 751130 1005846

'38 Miscellaneous chemical products 159354 172908 227375 1540950 1849143 2191648

'15Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc 99353 160707 217974 1409857 1863228 2477380

'40 Rubber and articles thereof 124497 162285 200863 1429168 1905078 2431659

'22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 178522 187416 199462 1122677 1171720 1394339

'33Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries 92181 144162 191659 785295 941823 1132284

'31 Fertilizers 169761 169319 175757 990112 1231741 1599966

'21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 87229 130893 170247 453843 536038 702637

'25Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement 54814 93558 169529 912348 1037696 1180071

'17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 138065 174615 157296 610116 816857 1024629

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'94Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings 88016 128005 154233 1364661 1510721 1744229

'28Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotopes 89327 101445 145796 1116881 1687200 2081718

'90Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus 160010 104548 138878 2647608 2878164 3391458

'11Milling products, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten 94957 92588 101211 735550 708882 893665

'20Vegetable, fruit, nut, etc food preparations 73641 92454 101149 423505 445458 581578

'32Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivs,pigments etc 54613 68581 88163 580356 682113 744405

'04Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes 66705 72375 86210 542038 659383 751502

'19Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products 57522 74544 82705 506064 519486 644472

'36Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics, etc 39402 59971 80440 122149 140494 174804

'10 Cereals 172598 76944 75209 2081797 2023073 2719136

'08Edible fruit, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons 36731 58685 74527 140239 187652 232436

'29 Organic chemicals 47165 64791 72376 1323675 1729001 2028883

'82Tools, implements, cutlery, etc of base metal 33541 49345 68680 556821 668075 812275

'44Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 43423 57715 60566 544608 590013 679582

'76 Aluminium and articles thereof 32461 40987 55483 468795 693801 902433

'30 Pharmaceutical products 66261 47091 54941 2671896 3234714 3486690

'07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 29626 41045 52774 267552 332441 347411

'49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures etc 32870 58658 52458 601158 1235153 621689

'86Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment 13962 22349 51109 241683 211974 370631

'70 Glass and glassware 42509 51075 50954 417103 525850 586347

'63Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing etc 39717 41359 50406 670871 735715 871325

'69 Ceramic products 30807 42675 45972 737458 931147 1058956

'23Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder 18371 37394 43833 533158 648810 741095

'83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 30128 41298 40723 455935 671993 671310

'02 Meat and edible meat offal 41868 56981 38392 903419 1097816 1504020

'74 Copper and articles thereof 16433 28962 34020 400044 756664 840879

'68Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica, etc articles 17844 24402 33724 315019 380198 417105

'78 Lead and articles thereof 3968 7238 30028 41392 66232 81194

'62Articles of apparel, accessories, not knit or crochet 17846 19263 29209 752204 907318 984979

'03Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates nes 15596 20590 26011 554563 609954 745958

'89Ships, boats and other floating structures 9387 11875 25804 1355994 1275963 368443

'16Meat, fish and seafood food preparations nes 12404 18821 25597 409194 380244 449581

'09 Coffee, tea, mate and spices 16972 21974 25544 189265 241984 284950

'24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 22250 34912 25378 506239 1095919 487429

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'18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 18572 23201 25336 159121 272840 213879

'61Articles of apparel, accessories, knit or crochet 15680 16880 25250 678698 814303 919117

'64Footwear, gaiters and the like, parts thereof 16368 21029 24743 847582 1047764 1326190

'88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 14296 21402 22518 1799489 1515005 2412873

'96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 10642 12350 20204 240739 283695 325477

'99 Commodities not elsewhere specified 550 3443 19118 4195464 6197532 6464032

'26 Ores, slag and ash 11903 20100 17847 736797 1666147 1735099

'95 Toys, games, sports requisites 15112 15960 17483 467419 566088 662454

'12Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruit, etc, nes 18096 13118 17158 158904 152848 153397

'35Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes 11441 14561 16287 182181 241579 266314

'01 Live animals 12013 11039 15379 55597 73435 94664

'59Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric 5189 7654 11638 158902 191182 216591

'37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 5892 7600 8882 226143 152543 155599

'56Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage, etc 5345 8496 8679 147380 194562 243809

'42Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel goods 5068 5752 7441 259788 297804 384327

'79 Zinc and articles thereof 4645 18419 7031 33768 63519 75854

'55 Manmade staple fibres 5320 5149 6997 304414 370172 474171

'57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 4178 5833 6130 63874 72692 79695

'54 Manmade filaments 7211 6059 5447 305776 320826 376559

'05 Products of animal origin, nes 3224 3160 4817 90926 120223 122056

'58Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry etc 1426 1654 3915 99495 91872 115233

'06Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers etc 3512 3518 3806 18838 30193 25145

'51Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric thereof 1834 2995 3722 116750 129665 163470

'65 Headgear and parts thereof 2427 2452 3454 54751 66502 77001

'71Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins, etc 4036 3021 3015 1121895 2403319 2057742

'91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 1099 1319 2890 112553 138727 185867

'52 Cotton 3256 3384 2444 442112 699156 707167

'41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 419 497 2105 73217 151596 115062

'66Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, etc 1215 2271 2012 17230 22385 28643

'13Lac, gums, resins, vegetable saps and extracts nes 1110 1418 1675 60184 68562 65734

'60 Knitted or crocheted fabric 621 599 986 222381 216031 267082

'92Musical instruments, parts and accessories 789 530 888 26430 31467 33253

'97Works of art, collectors pieces and antiques 942 671 802 30771 57863 51416

'47Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste etc 295 298 729 54091 65899 72537

'67Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair 432 601 720 58268 80971 128118

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'80 Tin and articles thereof 398 756 602 35938 55980 50893

'53Vegetable textile fibres nes, paper yarn, woven fabric 47 383 565 21518 29916 28896

'46Manufactures of plaiting material, basketwork, etc. 341 603 330 12137 12531 12889

'75 Nickel and articles thereof 94 816 315 289412 681142 119069

'50 Silk 146 88 249 26566 30473 50291

'45 Cork and articles of cork 148 1164 236 16847 17767 16773

'81Other base metals, cermets, articles thereof 20682 607 178 43768 65603 74407

'14Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products nes 107 61 120 5653 11614 4589

'43Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof 77 94 115

5. South Africa Exports to SACU and SACU imports from the world

Product code Product label

South Africa's exports to Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

Southern African Customs Union (SACU)'s imports from world

Value in 2009 Value in 2010 Value in 2011 Value in 2009 Value in 2010 Value in 2011

TOTAL All products 1 4 0 70322774 87782159 109000855

'01 Live animals 0 0 0 22763 41204 41045

'02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0 0 311342 389007 582115

'03Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates nes 0 0 0 115625 118429 159392

'04Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes 0 0 0 130996 190537 200491

'05 Products of animal origin, nes 0 0 0 69972 82683 90068

'06Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers etc 0 0 0 11989 14947 16765

'07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0 0 127433 158995 163432

'08Edible fruit, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons 0 0 0 82086 100816 124245

'09 Coffee, tea, mate and spices 0 0 0 153978 191024 236589

'10 Cereals 0 0 0 844375 808759 1288522

'11Milling products, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten 0 0 0 164791 112938 162598

'12Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruit, etc, nes 0 0 0 102263 82083 101194

'13Lac, gums, resins, vegetable saps and extracts nes 0 0 0 29546 41146 43289

'14Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products nes 0 0 0 4723 2195 3066

'15Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc 0 0 0 576097 872105 1128014

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'16Meat, fish and seafood food preparations nes 0 0 0 171295 155726 147537

'17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 0 0 210122 219709 286337

'18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0 0 103641 140380 149119

'19Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products 0 0 0 158602 168071 200963

'20Vegetable, fruit, nut, etc food preparations 1 0 0 189293 218126 270888

'21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 0 0 0 220916 266439 332799

'22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0 0 500186 492634 575233

'23Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder 0 0 0 447553 533118 588049

'24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0 0 0 313187 293974 279182

'25Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement 0 0 0 225755 289420 410303

'26 Ores, slag and ash 0 0 0 379992 508468 748449

'27Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc 0 4 0 14415424 16659588 22503314

'28Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotopes 0 0 0 825102 1147013 1377520

'29 Organic chemicals 0 0 0 1113359 1468439 1735617

'30 Pharmaceutical products 0 0 0 1746592 2248868 2361230

'31 Fertilizers 0 0 0 305358 439339 768587

'32Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivs,pigments etc 0 0 0 381346 456812 488405

'33Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries 0 0 0 476058 559770 661942

'34Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes 0 0 0 229009 301793 372681

'35Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes 0 0 0 142975 199180 215456

'36Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics, etc 0 0 0 48721 50745 53707

'37Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0 0 95511 110168 111333

'38 Miscellaneous chemical products 0 0 0 1058846 1258001 1490240

'39 Plastics and articles thereof 0 0 0 1669287 2214030 2552802

'40 Rubber and articles thereof 0 0 0 891710 1288622 1617756

'41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0 0 66647 114173 92903

'42Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel goods 0 0 0 173828 210547 272981

'43Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof 0 0 0 738 909 1802

'44Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 0 0 0 320214 354329 411763

'45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0 0 15875 17123 16045

'46Manufactures of plaiting material, basketwork, etc. 0 0 0 6984 8227 9639

'47Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste etc 0 0 0 47129 60848 65236

'48Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board 0 0 0 922712 1061104 1157987

'49Printed books, newspapers, pictures etc 0 0 0 279552 316023 324019

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'50 Silk 0 0 0 4479 4960 5200

'51Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric thereof 0 0 0 15729 18202 23480

'52 Cotton 0 0 0 167312 222838 293671

'53Vegetable textile fibres nes, paper yarn, woven fabric 0 0 0 12677 14629 18231

'54 Manmade filaments 0 0 0 200279 233211 255891

'55 Manmade staple fibres 0 0 0 184490 232419 320179

'56Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage, etc 0 0 0 74581 98574 133467

'57Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0 0 39011 50869 53900

'58Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry etc 0 0 0 55825 54455 66819

'59Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric 0 0 0 125030 157456 170455

'60 Knitted or crocheted fabric 0 0 0 155237 178476 202660

'61Articles of apparel, accessories, knit or crochet 0 0 0 538699 660554 755204

'62Articles of apparel, accessories, not knit or crochet 0 0 0 580361 718353 784435

'63Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing etc 0 0 0 238452 278844 312577

'64Footwear, gaiters and the like, parts thereof 0 0 0 616570 766316 980533

'65 Headgear and parts thereof 0 0 0 38165 50330 58003

'66Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, etc 0 0 0 7788 10149 12476

'67Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair 0 0 0 39877 57229 80635

'68Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica, etc articles 0 0 0 186285 233817 239006

'69 Ceramic products 0 0 0 448084 592296 671373

'70 Glass and glassware 0 0 0 220178 271065 303597

'71Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins, etc 0 0 0 1008939 1616366 1885576

'72 Iron and steel 0 0 0 816859 1121990 1530015

'73 Articles of iron or steel 0 0 0 1102455 1281654 1749798

'74 Copper and articles thereof 0 0 0 208254 411530 487799

'75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0 0 145504 70302 39502

'76 Aluminium and articles thereof 0 0 0 208657 414351 549083

'78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0 0 35981 50906 48802

'79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0 0 12105 30692 48936

'80 Tin and articles thereof 0 0 0 34927 53938 49032

'81Other base metals, cermets, articles thereof 0 0 0 37460 63582 72573

'82Tools, implements, cutlery, etc of base metal 0 0 0 322360 418177 511941

'83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 0 0 0 248589 314125 338513

'84Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers, etc 0 0 0 10566660 12598179 16249935

'85 Electrical, electronic equipment 0 0 0 7457737 9163918 10226068

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'86Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment 0 0 0 169929 139732 234086

'87 Vehicles other than railway, tramway 0 0 0 5116505 7622356 9818627

'88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 0 0 0 1054195 1080761 1646911

'89Ships, boats and other floating structures 0 0 0 83030 200941 37296

'90Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus 0 0 0 1971970 2215640 2586302

'91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0 0 80604 94093 121354

'92Musical instruments, parts and accessories 0 0 0 20470 26461 27617

'94Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings 0 0 0 608863 782467 886387

'95 Toys, games, sports requisites 0 0 0 394571 495890 579886

'96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 0 0 0 151782 186747 201176

'97Works of art, collectors pieces and antiques 0 0 0 26488 41283 47652

'99 Commodities not elsewhere specified 0 0 0 3577741 5313942 6281195

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6. Tariff applied in South Africa for products imported from UAE against tariff for imports from the world

Simple Av. Tarrif

for export From UAE to

South Africa

Simple Av. Tarrif for export From the World to South Africa

Animal/veg fats & oils & their cleavage products; AHS 8.13 15 AHS 5.21 ×Animal/veg fats & oils & their cleavage products; MFN 8.13 15 MFN 7.54 ×Prep of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs etc AHS 16.67 16 AHS 15.59

Prep of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs etc MFN 16.67 16 MFN 17.41

Sugars and sugar confectionery. AHS 15.5 17 AHS 11.05 ×Sugars and sugar confectionery. MFN 15.5 17 MFN 3.88 ××Cocoa and cocoa preparations. AHS 19 18 AHS 9.59 ×Cocoa and cocoa preparations. MFN 19 18 MFN 9.33 ×Prep.of cereal, flour, starch/milk; pastrycooks' AHS 21.44 19 AHS 13.89 ×Prep.of cereal, flour, starch/milk; pastrycooks' MFN 21.44 19 MFN 19.8

Prep of vegetable, fruit, nuts or other parts of AHS 12.5 20 AHS 11.41 ×Prep of vegetable, fruit, nuts or other parts of MFN 12.5 20 MFN 18.22

Beverages, spirits and vinegar. AHS 19.2 22 AHS 13.67 ×Beverages, spirits and vinegar. MFN 19.2 22 MFN 20.1

Inorgn chem; compds of prec mtl, radioact element AHS 1.82 28 AHS 0.76 ×Inorgn chem; compds of prec mtl, radioact element MFN 1.82 28 MFN 0.76 ×Organic chemicals. AHS 0.43 29 AHS 0.53

Organic chemicals. MFN 0.43 29 MFN 0.65

Pharmaceutical products. AHS 1.43 30 AHS 0.79 ×Pharmaceutical products. MFN 1.43 30 MFN 0.56 ×Fertilisers. AHS 0 31 AHS 0

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Fertilisers. MFN 0 31 MFN 0

Essential oils & resinoids; perf, cosmetic/toilet AHS 13.04 33 AHS 7.36 ×Essential oils & resinoids; perf, cosmetic/toilet MFN 13.04 33 MFN 9.77 ×Plastics and articles thereof. AHS 8.11 39 AHS 4.4 ××Plastics and articles thereof. MFN 8.11 39 MFN 6.64 ×Rubber and articles thereof. AHS 10.58 40 AHS 5.87 ×Rubber and articles thereof. MFN 10.58 40 MFN 8.71 ×Paper & paperboard; art of paper pulp, paper/pape AHS 10.26 48 AHS 4.56 ×Paper & paperboard; art of paper pulp, paper/pape MFN 10.26 48 MFN 4.68 ×Ceramic products. AHS 15 69 AHS 8.35 ×Ceramic products. MFN 15 69 MFN 8.62 ×Glass and glassware. AHS 9.31 70 AHS 5.36 ×Glass and glassware. MFN 9.31 70 MFN 7.41 ×Natural/cultured pearls, prec stones & metals, co AHS 12 71 AHS 6.97 ×Natural/cultured pearls, prec stones & metals, co MFN 12 71 MFN 4.4 ×Iron and steel. AHS 0 72 AHS 0.02

Iron and steel. MFN 0 72 MFN 0.03

Articles of iron or steel. AHS 6.65 73 AHS 3.84 ×Articles of iron or steel. MFN 6.65 73 MFN 6.94

Aluminium and articles thereof. AHS 7.97 76 AHS 3.01 ×Aluminium and articles thereof. MFN 7.97 76 MFN 3.61 ×Ships, boats and floating structures. AHS 4 89 AHS 2.3 ×Ships, boats and floating structures. MFN 4 89 MFN 2.22 ×Furniture; bedding, mattress, matt support, cushi AHS 14.74 94 AHS 8.97 ×Furniture; bedding, mattress, matt support, cushi MFN 14.74 94 MFN 13.47 ×

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