The two countries have also agreed to a pilot project to manage the trade between them. This will entail the advanced electronic submission of customs data and will allow for the joint detection of high risk.

The agreement also supports the MoU signed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President Thabo Mbeki in June to restrict clothing and textile imports from China into South Africa in a bid to remedy the trade imbalance between the two countries. The South African government has since announced that the quota system to cut down on the amount of imported clothing and textile from China would be implemented at the beginning of next year.

The move will affect around 31 product categories in the clothing and textile industry.

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