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2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Africa - Winner: 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Large - Winner: 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Agro-Processing - 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Emerging - Winner:
Amanzi Meters (Pty) Ltd Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd Winner: Scenicel (Pty) Ltd t/a Avolands BBF Safety Group (Pty) Ltd

2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Manufacturers - 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Service Providers - 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: B-BBEE - Winner: 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Medium - Winner:
Winner: Sappi Southern Africa Ltd Winner: Indian Ocean Export Company (Pty) Ltd Kuehne + Nagel (Pty) Ltd Bata South Africa

2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Creative 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Services Sector - 2018 KZN Exporter of the Year: Small - Winner: Appreciation for Adjudicators - L-R: Musa Makhunga
Industries - Winner: Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust Winner: Dormac Marine & Engineering (a division of Anderson Engineering Food & Chemical Equipment (DCCI); Thembi Phahla (Transnet Port Terminals);
t/a Woza Moya Southey Holdings (Pty) Ltd) (Pty) Ltd Louise Pelser (SA Footwear and Leather Export Council);
Odirile Ramasodi, Export Credit Insurance Corporation
(ECIC); & Nozipho Sithole (Transnet Port Terminals)
KZN EXPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

he Durban Chamber of ■ CATEGORY: MEDIUM - Finalist: Anderson Additionally, KwaZulu-Natal of Durban and Richards Bay
Commerce and Industry, - Winner: Bata South Africa Engineering Food & Chemical has a strong trade partnership are key conduits for trade into
Tin partnership with - Finalist: Saddler Belts & Equipment (Pty) Ltd with countries such as Namibia, South Africa and the SADC
Transnet Port Terminals, recently Leathercraft (Pty) Ltd ■ CATEGORY: AGRO- Botswana, Mozambique, Burundi Region at large. With our
announced the winners and PROCESSING and Djibouti on the African existing infrastructure via our
finalists of the 2018 edition of ■ CATEGORY: LARGE - Winner: Scenicel (Pty) Ltd continent and China, the United ports, road, rail and air logistics
the KZN Exporter of the Year - Winner: Sumitomo Rubber t/a Avolands States of America, Japan, the United platforms we are able to meet all
Awards. The Award winners and South Africa (Pty) Ltd ■ CATEGORY: CREATIVE Kingdom, Netherlands, India and the requirement and demands of
finalists were announced at the - Finalist: Sappi Southern INDUSTRIES Germany in the rest of the world. Exporters. KwaZulu-Natal is truly
Awards Banquet held at Durban Africa Ltd - Winner: Hillcrest Aids We need to improve on those the Trade Hub for the region,”
ICC Arena on the 4 October, - Finalist: Dormac Marine & Centre Trust t/a Woza Moya relationships and learn to replicate says Lester Bouah, Executive
which were designed to promote Engineering (a division of that success in other countries in Manager: Exporter Development
and honour businesses that have Southey Holdings (Pty) Ltd) - Finalist: Africa!Ignite order to improve our export profile and Promotion at TIKZN.
proved their excellence in robust ■ CATEGORY: AFRICA ■ CATEGORY: SERVICES as well as catalogue of products and At the Awards Banquet, the
international markets and to SECTOR services,” said Makhunga. Durban Chamber CEO, Palesa
inspire other ambitious companies - Winner: Amanzi Meters - Winner: Dormac Marine & For the past 18 years the title Phili, launched the Durban
to export their goods and services. (Pty) Ltd Engineering (a division of sponsor for the KZN Exporter Chamber’s new electronic
- Finalist: BBF Safety Group Southey Holdings (Pty) Ltd of the Year Awards has been Certificates of Origin solution,
The 2018 KZN Exporter of (Pty) Ltd
the Year Award Winners and ■ CATEGORY: B-BBEE Transnet Port Terminals and essCert, which provides all
exporters with a secure, online tool
other key strategic partners
Finalists are: - Finalist: Anderson - Winner: Kuehne + Nagel
Engineering Food & (Pty) Ltd include Trade and Investment for the application of electronic
■ CATEGORY: EMERGING Chemical Equipment (Pty) Ltd KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN), Small Certificates of Origin.
- Winner: BBF Safety Group ■ CATEGORY: SERVICE During his welcome speech, Enterprise Development Agency In closing, Phili invited all
(Pty) Ltd PROVIDERS Durban Chamber President, Musa (SEDA) and the Export Credit exporting companies and
- Finalist: Amanzi Meters - Winner: Indian Ocean Makhunga, congratulated the Insurance Corporation (ECIC). individuals that export their
winners and finalists as well as the
(Pty) Ltd Export Company (Pty) Ltd nominees as exports are a crucial During her keynote speech, goods and services to other
- Finalist: Scenicel (Pty) Ltd - Finalist: Mediterranean area of our economy that can drive Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) countries to enter the 19th
t/a Avolands Shipping Company (Pty) Ltd economic growth and job creation Chief Executive Nozipho Sithole edition of the KZN Exporter of
the Year Awards for 2019.
spoke about TPT’s vision to
■ CATEGORY: SMALL - Finalist: Kuehne + Nagel in our region. become one of the world’s top
- Winner: Anderson (Pty) Ltd “Exports play a key role in our five terminal operators in the “The Awards create a platform
Engineering Food & ■ CATEGORY: economy and can have positive next five years; and how the for exporters to promote their
businesses as well as their
Chemical Equipment (Pty) Ltd MANUFACTURERS knock-on effects on our regional exporters being recognised at this
economy as they can result in year’s KZN Exporter of the Year products and services and
- Finalist: Amanzi Meters - Winner: Sappi Southern provides opportunities to
(Pty) Ltd Africa Ltd growth in our manufacturing Awards can be part of this legacy. capitalise on potential growth and
and industrial sectors which
- Finalist: Hillcrest Aids - Finalist: BBF Safety Group can promote growth along the “It is a known fact that revenue streams via access to new
Centre Trust t/a Woza Moya (Pty) Ltd value chain and job creation. KwaZulu-Natal, and the ports prospects,” concluded Phili. n

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