The end of March deadline
for clearing the backlog at
the National Regulator for
Compulsory Specifications
(NRCS) looks more like hope
than actuality, according
to the Democratic Alliance
(DA) MP and shadow
minister for trade and
industry, Geordin Hill-
Lewis.
This serious delay in
getting letters of authority
(LOAs), proving that
imported goods comply with
SA standards, is costing
import companies dearly.
In a letter to Hill-Lewis, the
NRCS revealed that only
29% of applications were
being processed within 120
days.
“This is much, much worse
than I had first thought,”
Hill-Lewis said.
And he was also told that
the NRCS commitment
was that they would still
eliminate the entire backlog
by end of March.
“Remember,” he told FTW,
“this is already an extension
of the first deadline, which
was November 14, 2016.
NRCS backlog
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