SA blocks grape imports

Zambian farmers started
supplying table grapes
to Sainsbury’s in Britain in
2012, but the South African
market remains closed – to
the growing wrath of Zambian
authorities.
Commerce, Trade and
Industry Minister Emmanuel
Chenda told Parliament in
February that the Zambian
government was negotiating
with South Africa to relax its
rules on the export of Zambian
products to that country’s
market.
Accusing South Africa of
imposing non-tariff barriers,
he said tests by both South
African and Zambian
laboratories had shown that
Zambian table grapes were
disease-free.
Chenda said Zambian
grapes were being exported to
countries across the European
Union.