You are hereby invited to provide a quotation for the two 2025 naamsa Trade Data projects for purposes of the 2025 Automotive Trade Manual publication as well as the Product Market Matrix 2020 to 2024.
The Automotive Trade Manual – South Africa is an annual publication now produced and compiled by naamsa |The Automotive Business Council – the acknowledged source of South African automotive trade data. Accuracy relating to the processing of the relevant trade data and research requirements are therefore imperative and the responsibility of the service provider. The publication is regarded as the iconic national publication to promote the South African automotive industry’s world class capabilities to a national and international audience. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the export and import performance of the South African automotive industry under the Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP) and APDP Phase 2 (APDP2). Among the topics covered in the Manual are the top automotive export destinations, the major countries of origin, the main export trade blocks, the top automotive products being exported and imported, as well as the top growth markets and products. The Manual further explores the impact of the trade arrangements enjoyed by South Africa in the trade of vehicles and related automotive components.
The eligible automotive products identifiable under the APDP and APDP2, based on very specific Customs and Excise tariff codes, comprise approximate 600 tariff lines, prioritises the 150+ export destinations and 70+ countries of origin, identifies growth products and growth markets, analysis the impact of the trade arrangements on the industry’s export performance, and track the progress of the APDP and APDP2 for government and industry purposes. The annual publication is widely distributed nationally and international and in addition to website access, in the order of one million electronic copies are distributed annually to an international clientele base via various avenues. The publication has a life span of at least one year and is extensively used as a reference document by decision-makers and analysts.
The focus of the 2025 projects will be to capture the detailed, updated monthly Customs statistical data and information for the automotive products eligible in terms of the APDP. Please note that programming skills are required for these projects to process the large amounts of raw data which entails a time-consuming exercise involving a few hundred hours to process and subsequently analyse the Customs data in the required user-friendly format.
The payment for both projects would be based on a 50% upfront payment once the NDA and the SLA have been signed and a 50% payment at completion of the project. naamsa will coordinate both projects and provide support where applicable. The essence of the projects is to accurately produce updated APDP/APDP2 eligible detailed trade data to explore and diversify further export opportunities for the export-oriented South African automotive industry as well as to promote its world class capabilities to an international audience.
Please provide naamsa with quotations for both projects by Friday, 29 November 2024, which should include a detailed cost breakdown as well as a confirmation of the timeframe of the delivery stages of the 2025 trade data projects as per the requirements set out above.
For any further information please contact Dr Norman Lamprecht, Chief Trade and Research Officer:
Tel: 082 829 1692
E-mail: norman@naamsa.co.za