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SUGAR INDUSTRY: MASTER PLAN PHASE 2 BLOCK EXEMPTION GAZETTED
- 13 August 2025
- Trade, Industry & Competition
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Trade, Industry & Competition has gazetted a block exemption inder the 1998 Competition Act intended to assist with implementing Phase 2 of the 2021 sugar industry value chain master plan.
As SA Legal Academy reported at the time, the block exemption was released in draft form in May 2025 for public comments. Immediately effective and expected to be in place for five years, its purpose is to facilitate certain types of industry-specific collective agreements and collaborative practices that:
- contribute towards industry diversification
- encourage producer price restraints, and
- incentivise local volume commitments.
Among other things, associated responsibilities, limitations and procedures are also prescribed.
Please click the links below for more information:
- block exemption
- SA Legal Academy report on draft block exemption
- sugar industry master plan
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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