Exports grow despite stronger rand

Split routings cater for India, Pakistan KEVIN MAYEW WITH A network of dedicated offices and agents in the Far East, a.hartrodt South Africa is currently moving around eight shipments of seafreight imports per month from this region. The company also provides split routings that provide for the needs of India, Pakistan and Vietnam. “Shipments into South Africa have been growing at a pace as the Far East becomes a major source of manufactured goods,” says seafreight imports controller, Sunita Deva, In terms of exports, the see-saw performance of the rand appears not to have impacted significantly on volumes, says sea and airfreight controller, Sharene Zamojski. “Exports are growing despite the rand and we believe that they will remain a key element of our overall international freight forwarding operations despite our historical strength being in other world trade centres,” she said. Commenting on airfreight imports, controller Cheryl Fourie said the company was generally handling products like motor vehicle spares from that region, but was also called upon to provide a service for “anything that is legal”.