# The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development recently published two notices in the Government Gazette outlining the procedure for exports from the Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique to the European Union and United Kingdom, respectively. This is done to take advantage of preferential tariff tate quotas for certain agricultural and agro-processed products. Spokesperson Reggie Ngcobo says weekend reports misrepresented government’s message about the procedure and annual application for export permits to EU and UK markets: