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Congestion deals worst blow

09 Dec 2003 - by Staff reporter
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PORT CONGESTION appears to have dealt the worst blow to exporters’ growth prospects according to a recent poll on FTNow, FTW’s daily news service on the internet. When this issue went to press, 52% of readers blamed congestion and the surcharge for their export woes, 38% blamed the stronger rand and 10% other issues.

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