Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

The purpose of this statutory measure is to impose a levy on all inspected volumes of table grapes passed for export in terms of section 13 read with section 15 of the Act. The levy is needed by SATI to fund and facilitate market access, information and communication, research and development programmes, technology transfer, transformation and training, and administration in the interest of the table grapes industry.

These measures are necessary to ensure that continuous, timeous and accurate information relating to the Table Grape industry is available to relevant role players in order for them to make informed decisions in the spheres as indicated.

The measure will not be detrimental to the number of employment opportunities or fair labour practice and will support the statutory measures relating to registration and the rendering of returns applicable to table grapes.

The measure will be implemented and administered by SATI.