THE STRONGER rand appears to be the biggest inhibitor of export growth based on the final result of a reader survey on FTNow, FTW’s sister news service on the internet. Referring to the factors that had negatively affected their export growth programmes, at the final count 55% of readers blamed the stronger rand, 38% blamed port congestion and the surcharge and 7% cited ‘other reasons’. Early responses to this week’s poll: “Has your export programme achieved target despite the stronger rand and port delays?” reveal little positive response. To keep track and record your view log onto www.cargoinfo.co.za
