{"id":18376,"date":"2026-10-16T07:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18376"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:54:58","slug":"south-africa-to-restrict-assembly-of-imported-car-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18376","title":{"rendered":"South Africa to restrict assembly of imported car kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>South Africa will tighten vehicle-manufacturing rules to \u201cphase out\u201d the practice of importing cars as kits for assembly in the country, Trade Minister Parks Tau said.<\/p>\n<p>The country will also stop providing policy support for any new semi-knock-down operations as the practice is called, Tau said in a statement on Thursday. \u201cWe will work to strengthen the legal definitions around what we determine as complete-knock-down manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SKD typically creates fewer jobs than full manufacturing and is usually for tax efficiency. Local manufacturers have long asked for changes to policy on SKD assembly.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Tau also said his department would investigate the light commercial vehicle sector that includes vans and pickups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have agreed that the strategic competitiveness of South Africa\u2019s ladder-frame LCV segment warrants formal investigation,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahindra &amp; Mahindra operates a semi-knock-down pick-up truck facility near Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>                        #South #Africa #restrict #assembly #imported #car #kits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa will tighten vehicle-manufacturing rules to \u201cphase out\u201d the practice of importing cars as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2364,5486,2184,10678,3370,23108,322],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}