Cabinet questions EU citrus restrictions as South Africa moves ahead with formal WTO dispute

Cabinet has questioned the imposition by the European Union (EU) of what it describes as “stringent” restrictions on South Africa’s citrus exports, which are now the subject of a formal dispute initiated at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). South Africa has, for the first time, requested the establishment of two dispute panels under the WTO’s dispute settlement system to review measures affecting the import of South African citrus fruit into the EU.