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USA IMPOSES 30% TARIFFS ON SA IMPORTS

EFFECTIVE 1 AUGUST 2025

by Gerhard Papenfus

The United States of America has introduced sweeping tariffs on South African imports.

With the exception of cars (25%), steel and aluminium (50%), platinum group metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, osmium), gold, chrome and coal (0%), all imports will attract a 30% tariff. This includes agricultural products, which will severely impact certain farmers.

The tariffs imposed on fruit specifically, seem to be counterintuitive as our fruit production season is not in sync with that of the United States. Therefore, fruit in the USA is not ripe at the time when we export to the United States,…

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