Team Exports South Africa (TESA)
Team Exports South Africa (TESA) has been developed as the main export promotion and development grouping in South Africa.
As the only Private-Public-Partnership (PPP), organised by industrial sector and focusing exclusively on exports from South Africa, this PPP offers both the exporter and the foreign buyer an excellent entry point and advisory service. The members of TESA operate as a close-knit team and a call to one of the members will ensure that the enquirer is immediately referred to the responsible person to assist.
Participating bodies can be broadly categorised in four groupings:
- Engineering and technology
- Argricultural
- Livestyle
- Government; (and in particular the Department of Trade and Industry, officially also known as “the dti”)
Two types of industrial bodies are active within TESA, i.e. Export Councils and Associations.
the dti promotes the formation of industry-based export councils. A financial assistance scheme makes provision for financial contributions to industry associations in order to form export councils. In partnership with the dti, twenty export councils have been formed to date.
Some associations prefer to not form an official PPP with the dti in the form of an Export Council, but still benefit from taking part in the platform created by TESA.
the dti‘s major local developmental and promotional export activities are further strengthened by large number of Economic Representatives placed strategically around the world.
The ISF has been in existence as an export promotion agency for structural steel long before the development of TESA. When TESA was formed, the members of the ISF immediately realised the benefits of not operating in isolation. The excellent history created by the partnerships that followed with the dti and other industry sectors, is living prove of the benefits of horizontal economic collaboration within a region.
For a complete list of participating export councils and associations click here
For more details on the dti’s export programs, incentives and activities click here and follow the “Exporting” route.
