{"id":913,"date":"2024-08-13T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/paris\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2025-03-30T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T20:24:06","slug":"trade-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/paris\/trade-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Section"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"913\" class=\"elementor elementor-913\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cd9f3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cd9f3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a08472 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a08472\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6761b80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"6761b80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/paris\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2af5f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2af5f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c0403 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4c0403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through the Department of Trade and Industry we look at certain key industries where South Africa is comparatively and competitively very strong. These sectors include:<\/p><ul><li>Agro-processing (fisheries and aquaculture; floriculture; fruit and vegetables processing plants; meat processing; confectionary; wine production; indigenous teas natural fibres);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Automotive Industry engine parts and components; body parts etc.);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Chemicals and Allied Industries (production of titanium dioxide pigment; beneficiation of fluorspar; beneficiation of polypropylene used in automotive components building and construction industries);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Electro-Technical Industries (software application; mobile applications; smart metering; embedded software; radio frequency identification; process control, measurement and instrumentation; security and monitoring solutions and financial software);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Metal Industries;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Capital Equipment and Allied Services (manufacture and assembly of mining, agricultural and construction equipment and utilities i.e. Reticulation plants and pipe lines);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Transport Equipment (rolling stock i.e. Locomotives, wagons and coaches; harbour construction and equipment; production of permanent ways i.e. Railway lines signalling equipment, electrification, bridges and stations etc.);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Clothing and Textiles (cotton spinning, weaving, and knitting; large scale manufacture of industrial textiles using polyester; manufacture of synthetic textiles for the apparel sector; wool and mohair production \u2013 downstream opportunities for yarns, knitwear and fabric etc.;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>BPO&amp;O and IT-Enabled Service (call centres back \u2013office processing; shared corporate services; legal processing outsourcing etc.)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Aerospace (aviation related services including maintenance, repair, and overhaul; aviation training services; specialized manufacturing of avionics, including health usage monitoring systems etc.);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Tourism (hotels and self-catering resorts; adventure; sport conference; cultural tourism);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Energy (power generation; alternative energies; energy infrastructure etc);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Film and Media (film studios; distribution infrastructure etc.);<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Design (jewellery, fashion, design etc.)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Contact person: Mr Mustapha ADAMS<\/strong><\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<span id=\"cloak9ba7dc69b5c49c4cedbcf4307035c29d\"><a href=\"mailto:adamsm@dirco.gov.za\">adamsm@dirco.gov.za<\/a><br \/><\/span>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedtic.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thedtic.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Through the Department of Trade and Industry we look at certain key industries where South Africa is comparatively and competitively very strong. 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