Sapvia cries foul over timeframe for proposal of tariff increases for green energy products

Association calls for value chain analysis

- By Bongani Mdakane

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association is crying foul over the timeframe provided for proposed tariff hikes for green energy products.

This comes after the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) made a proposal on tariff hikes on various imported goods in the renewable energy sector.

The proposal that was gazetted by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), which is the entity of the DTIC, stated that the proposed measures would effectively increase customs duties on apparatuses used in solar, wind and battery storage technologies.