In the slow grind of global trade, South Africa finds itself at a familiar crossroads: the tension between open markets and the survival of domestic industry. The country's trade regulator has opened a formal investigation into cement imports from Vietnam and Mozambique, where dumping margins as high as 90 percent suggest foreign producers are pricing their exports well below home-market levels, eroding the livelihoods of local workers and the viability of local plants. The inquiry is not merely technical — it reflects a deeper question about whether a nation with structurally high energy cost
SA tariff probe finds 90% dumping margins on Mozambique cement imports
Domestic cement producers have experienced declining employment due to dumped imports.