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STATUTORY MEASURES

The purpose of the Statutory Measures Division is to facilitate the process to implement statutory measures in order to promote the efficiency of the marketing of agricultural products.  In support of this goal, the following objectives are pursued:

  • To implement statutory measures in support of the objectives of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act.
  • To enable the relevant industries to collect funds to finance important generic functions; and,
  • To enable the relevant industries to collect and disseminate important agricultural information in order to promote growth within the specific industry.

On 4 September 1997, the Minister declared a list of products as agricultural products for the purpose of the MAP Act (Notice No.R.1189 that was promulgated in the Government Gazette of 4 September 1997). All the agricultural products declared as agricultural products for purposes of the MAP Act, could be divided in three section, namely field crop products, horticultural products and livestock products.

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Latest Promulgated Notices Applicable in the

HORTICULTURAL, FIELD CROPS AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES

Field Crops

Latest promulgated Notices applicable in the Field crops industries. This include Cotton industry, Lucerne industry, Oilseeds products, Sorghum, and Winter cereals.

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Horticulture

Latest promulgated Notices applicable in the Horticultural industry. This include Fruit Industry, Fynbos Products, Macadamia Nuts, Pecan Nuts, Pomegranates, Potatoes industry, Table Grapes, Table olives and Olive oil, and Wine Industry.

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Livestock

Latest Promulgated Notices applicable in the Livestock industries. This include Dairy industry, Milk Producers Organisation, Pork industry, Red meat industry and Wool industry.

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Statutory Measures Applicable

There are currently 22 industries that have statutory measures relating to registration, records and returns, and 18 industries that have statutory levies.

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Statutory Measures in South Africa

An overview of the statutory measures in the South African agriculture sector is provided in the document, covering a range of topics, including the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (MAP Act), Agricultural Trusts, the role of statutory measures, and transformation guidelines.

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Crop Estimates Liaison Committee

During 1998 the Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs requested the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) to chair the Crop Estimates Liaison Committee (CELC), who is represented of directly affected groups in the different grain industries.

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Agricultural Products

For purposes of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996), the Minister approved the products declared as agricultural products.

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Register of Directly Affected Groups

Annually, the NAMC updates its Register of Directly Affected Groups (DAG’s). for each commodity in the agricultural sector. A DAG means any group of persons, which is party to the production, sale, purchase, processing or consumption of an agricultural product and includes labour employed in the production or processing of such a product.

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