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Last Published: 7/14/2019
New-to-market U.S. exporters in general do not face a more onerous trading environment than would be the case for other foreign market players.  The same ascriptive government non-tariff barrier-based buying requirements affect all companies doing business in South Arica (the one tariff-based exception is the European Union that has the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA with South Africa, commonly referred as a Free-Trade Agreement). The self-evident alternative for most foreign entities has been to team up with qualified local importer-resellers and service providers who act as the prime contractor to the South African Government and other large economic partners. 
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