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Establishment of Statutory Measure and determination of guideline prices: levy relating to sorghum (No. R. 310 of 2014).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Classification/declassification Cereals/grains/rice Inspection Agricultural commodities
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Regulation imposes a levy on threshed, ripe seed of plants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (excluding seed sorghum or sorghum utilized as silage): (a) that is sold by or on behalf of a producer thereof; (b) that is processed or converted or caused to be processed or converted into a sorghum product by or on behalf of the producer thereof, if such sorghum product is intended to be sold or disposed of; (c) that is imported or brought into the Republic of South Africa; and (d) that is exported from the Republic of South Africa, and in respect of which a levy has not previously been paid. The purpose of the measure is to provide financial support for sorghum information, transformation and research functions, which have been identified by the sorghum industry as essential, in the interests of the industry as a whole and advances al the objectives as set out in section 2(2) of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Implements

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

Legislation | South Africa | 1996

Keyword: Agricultural development, Internal trade, International trade, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX