EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
HCFC CONSUMPTION
Lutendo Ndhlovu of DEA was up next to
present the HCFC consumption figures for
2017 (January to December). She presented
the numbers in Table 1 to the meeting.
South Africa’s total consumption in 2017 was
124 ODPT. With the baseline of 326 ODPT
and a target reduction of 20% by end of
2017, the consumption was well within the
target of 260 ODPT.
Table 1: HCFC consumption for 2017
Import
Export
Consumption
R22
Metric tonnes (MT) 2 397.9 189.98 2 207.9
ODP tonnes (ODPT) 131.9 10.4 121.5
R406A
MT 47.3 17.6 29.7
ODPT 2.7 1.003 1.7
R408A
MT 33.8 0 33.8
ODPT 0.9 0 0.9
R409A
MT 0 0.4 0
ODPT 0 0.002 0
R141B
MT 0 0.27 0
ODPT 0 0.03 0
TVET PILOT STUDY
Gift Molokwane of the DEA’s National Ozone
Unit (NOU) gave an update on the Limpopo
vocational college pilot study taking place
at the Capricorn College in Polokwane. He
announced that the event will take place
on 12 April, where they will interact with
students interested in studying refrigeration
and air conditioning. “We want to establish
a collaboration between government and
industry to upskill the industry,” Molokwane
said. “We want to promote formal registration
within the RAC sector.”
TARIFF CLASSIFICATIONS
The tariff classifications were on the agenda
as usual. But once again, the South
African Revenue Service (SARS) was