South African Steel & Metal Fabrication Master Plan 1.0

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7229 Wire

16 016 350 726

R244 550 783 R4 858 093 558

R5 331 030 265

Subtotal all alloy steel products

Other products

7301 Sheet piling, welded angles etc.

1 464

R21 386 769 R240 560 972 R261 947 741

R247 471 806

7302 Rails

13 377 14 841 989 154

Subtotal sheet piling, rails, welded angles etc.

R14 277 491 252

Total primary steel products Source: Customs & Excise

R13 658 308 517

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Opportunities exist for import replacement in whole or in part. The conditions under which each will be possible are discussed below. The following products and sectors seem to us the most promising. They are divided into two: 1. Products and sectors where capacity and capability exist in SA and the capacity is under-utilized or can be expanded (requiring investment). 2. Products and sectors where SA has no capacity and / or expertise, or the capacity has been mothballed or scrapped but expertise still exists. The tables set out for each product or sector what is required to place South African producers in a position to replace all or most of the imports. Industry Products manufactured Potential Import Volumes Substituted by Local Production Additional Capacity needed Other Requirements

None

Drawn Wire - Carbon steel

18 000 tpa Imports

Adequate raw material supply from Scaw/ Cape Gate and AMSA Imports could purely be a price issue. Adequate raw material supply from AMSA. Procurement targets in the mining charter could encourage local procurement Adequate raw material supply and capacity. Competitiveness on the lower end of the product

Wire Industry

31 000 tpa Imports

None

Wire Rope and Cables

None

Tubes & pipes - welded small dia.

47 000 tpa Imports

Pipe & Tube

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