Members of the media are invited to the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) conference that will be addressed by the Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies.
Date: Friday, 3 August 2012
Venue: Southern Sun Hotel, Steve Biko Road (Formerly Beatrix), Arcadia
Time: 09h00
The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of the importance of AGOA for South Africa as well as the United States (US) and to amplify South Africa’s lobbying effort on the need for the programme to be extended beyond 2015.
AGOA is a unilateral trade preference programme enacted by the United States in 2000. The programme also has a Third Country Fabric Provision (TCFP) from which South Africa has been excluded since the beginning. Inclusion of South Africa in the TCFP would enable South Africans exporters to enjoy AGOA benefits for clothing and to source clothing inputs from countries outside Africa.
The conference will be attended by existing and potential AGOA beneficiary companies from sectors such as Automotive Industry, Agriculture, Chemical, and Textile and Apparel.
RSVPs should be directed to:
Mamosa Dikeledi
Tel: 012 394 1680
Cell: 083 584 6856
E-mail: MDikeledi@thedti.gov.za
Enquiries:
Sidwell Medupe-Departmental Spokesperson
Tel:012 394 1650
Cell: 079 492 1774
E-mail: MSMedupe@thedti.gov.za
