SA wool farmers fear the worst if China ban continues
SA wool farmers are struggling after China banned the import of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products after foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks.
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SA wool farmers are struggling after China banned the import of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products after foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks.
Time is running out for the government to get a Chinese ban on the import of wool from South Africa lifted before SA's first wool auction for the 2022/23 season.
Johannesburg - Sipiwo Makinana lives in Ugie, a small town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in a postcard-worthy region of the Eastern Cape prov
Sipiwo Makinana lives in Ugie, a small town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in a postcard-worthy region of the Eastern Cape province, where he’s a small-scale sheep farmer. Makinana says he usually makes about 150 rand, or $9, per kilo for his wool. But since April, things have been tough, he told VOA,…
South Africa’s total wool exports are worth approximately $300 million per year, and about 80% of that goes to China. Local sheep farmers and industry groups