Trade and Industry       

To promote the welfare of agriculture, also within the trade environment and specifically as part of the supply chain of food and fibre products, the following are tipical areas which receive attention:

• Participation in the development of a Competition Act and the monitoring of competition practices.
• Input with regard to an agricultural trade policy to, inter alia, the National Department of Agriculture (NDA) with a view to a level playing field for the local sector.
• Participation in the development of the Trade Administration Act in order to facilitate an acceptable procedure for, among other things, applications for import tariffs on importable agricultural products.
• Participation in developments around the Proudly South African campaign.
• Evaluation of trade agreements, for example between South Africa and the European Union (SA/EU) and that in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in terms of their influence on agriculture.
• Representation in the National Economic Development an Labour Council (NEDLAC), the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, (IFAP) and the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) in order to promote the interests of South African farmers.
• Input with regard to the development of an industrial development strategy that provides for the needs of agriculture.