SUPPLY CHAIN
Navigating global disruptions through sustainable supply chains
The country ' s automotive sector faces rising tariffs, global volatility and supply chain pressure. Evan Partridge explores how sustainable, pooled packaging solutions can strengthen resilience and keep production moving amid unprecedented disruption.
By Evan Partridge, Senior Manager: Automotive, CHEP Sub-Saharan Africa
For decades, South Africa’ s automotive assembly line has fuelled global demand for some of the world’ s finest luxury vehicle brands. However, as the country contends with heightened global uncertainty and grapples with a higher tariff regime, the sector finds itself at a critical point.
As an industry, we now face a dual imperative: strengthen domestic supply chains while weathering the headwinds of intensifying international protectionism, most notably, the 30 % US tariff increase.
According to The Automotive Business Council( Naamsa), the US is the third-largest destination for South Africa’ s automotive exports, with approximately R35bn worth of vehicles shipped in 2024, accounting for 6.5 % of total vehicle exports. The tariff
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