[TOP STORY] Why locally made can still trump cheap imports

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‘If you're manufacturing down the road, you can have much shorter order lead times, the working capital that gets freed up means that suddenly manufacturing locally gives you a cost advantage,’ says Localisation Support Fund chair, Harald Harvey.
27 Aug 2024 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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