Professionalising the forwarding and clearing sector in South Africa is a strategic necessity for unlocking trade potential, improving customs efficiencies and positioning the country as a competitive logistics hub.
Says Ingrid du Buisson, CEO of the Institute for Customs and Freight Forwarding: “Enhancing South Africa’s global trade competitiveness is a strategic imperative that all employers and employees in this sector need to heed, as it is this sector that facilitates 95% of our international trade.”
But why is professionalisation so important for this sector and country?
“Our trade facilitation can become more efficient by ensuring that clearing processes support faster movement of goods, which is vital for time-sensitive industries like agriculture, pharmaceuticals and automotive manufacturing,” she writes in her latest column for Freight News.
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