# Presidential Envoy on Agriculture, Wandile Sihlobo, says South Africa loosing access to the African Growth and Opportunity Act would create challenges for several agricultural industries, but it will not be catastrophic. The country has been the greatest beneficiary of AGOA, under which participating countries get duty-free access to the United States market in a variety of categories. Sihlobo says the loss of AGOA would have to be contextualised around other tariffs in effect against South African exports:
Presidential Envoy on Agriculture says SA’s exclusion from AGOA will not be catastrophic [SOUND]
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