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South Africa to restrict assembly of imported car kits | SA News

South Africa will tighten vehicle-manufacturing rules to “phase out” the practice of importing cars as kits for assembly in the country, Trade Minister Parks Tau said during an address at SA Auto Week in Durban.

The country will also stop providing policy support for any new semi-knock-down operations as the practice is called, Tau said in a statement on Thursday. “We will work to strengthen the legal definitions around what we determine as complete-knock-down manufacturing.”

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