Doing Business with South AfricaBusiness Associations and Foreign Chambers in South AfricaWhen you are doing business with South Africa as a foreigner or expat you will usually enjoy the support of a foreign trade department of the foreign consulate or embassy in your country.Foreign Chambers of Commerce and Industry in South Africa will help you as well. In my listing here you will find foreign associations doing business with South Africa which will be of help for expats and locals to get country-specific information on the different business sectors and the necessary networking connections.
For doing business with South Africa be sure to know the most important rules of Business Etiquette in South Africa. You are encouraged to contact your national business association to find out more about their services in South Africa. Here you will get relevant information about the law in trade relations between South Africa and your country. And you will be able to widen your business contacts and increase your networking opportunities. These chambers in my listing also help with your queries about all things relating to business life in Cape Town or South Africa in general.
South African Economy: An Outline The South African chambers also provide additional information also should you consider investing in Cape Town South Africa. Foreign Trade Chambers in Cape TownMost of the international business associations are located in Johannesburg or Pretoria, but some of these chambers have got branch offices in Cape Town too.These are the international business associations with offices in Cape Town: • French - South African Chamber : 2 Dean Street Gardens, Cape Town 8001, Tel. 021-422-1972, Fax: 021-422-1966 • Southern African - German Chamber of Commerce and Industry: 47 Strand Street, 5th floor, Cape Town 8001, Tel. 021-422-3311, Fax: 021-422-55-77 The Regional Chamber in Cape Town also offers Foreign Trade Information to subscribed members. But you can search for members and potential contacts in their directory for free. You will find their website here. • Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry : Cape Chamber House, 19 Louis Gradner Street, Cape Town 8001, Tel. 021-402 4300, Fax: 021-402 4302
Other Foreign Business Associations in South AfricaMost of other foreign Chambers and Trade Departments are located in Johannesburg.They provide information about doing business in South Africa, are great for networking and connecting with like-minded entrepreneurs.
Austria: Austrian South African Business Chamber in Southern Africa: www.austrianbc.co.za. Also called Austrian Business Circle (ABC), they offer various networking events in the Johannesburg Area Belgium: Belgian Chamber of Commerce for South Africa. www.belgianchambersa.co.za. (BCCSA) Awex and Brussels Export are represented in South Africa through the Office of the Economic & Commercial Attaché for the Walloon and Brussels Capital Regions of the Consulate General of Belgium in Sandton/South Africa. Italy: Italian - South African Chamber of Trade and Industries: www.italcham.co.za Netherlands: South African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce: www.sanec.co.za Switzerland: Swiss Cham Africa: www.scsa.ch. A joint venture of Swiss South African Association and the Chamber Switzerland - South Africa. Turkey: South African-Turkish Business Association: www.satba.org UK: British Chamber in South Africa: www.britishchamber.co.za USA: American Chamber of Commerce South Africa: www.amcham.co.za
Cape Town Expat AssociationsThere are several social clubs and cultural organizations in Cape Town who also help with doing business with South Africa and can help you to find the right contacts.
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