Newspapers hit with import duty to save South Africa’s last newsprint machine
Image: Steve Buissinne Most imported newsprint now carries a 5% customs duty, after the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) backed Sappi’s bid to protect the newsprint machine at its Ngodwana mill in Mpumalanga from cheaper imports. The general rate of duty on newsprint in rolls or sheets went from 0% to 5% on 16 October,…