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The dti Export Help Desk

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has established an Export Help Desk at the dti Campus in Pretoria to provide South African firms - small, medium and large enterprises - with export information and advice. The objective of the help desk is to respond to client enquiries within 24 hours.

Export Help Desk offers the following services:

  •     Information and advice
  •     Export-readiness assessments
  •     Sector reports
  •     Trade lead bulletins
  •     Export enquiries
  •     Trade opportunities
  •     Information on export incentives
  •     Statistics on trade between South Africa and other countries
  •     Guides on doing business with other countries
  •     Calendar of export-awareness seminars
  •     Global Exporter Passport Programme training, international trade missions and national pavilions
  •     Linking South African exporters with Importers

The Export Help Desk is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00 and is closed on weekends and public holidays.

Contact the help desk at: exporthelpdesk@thedti.gov.za or 0861 843 384

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