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Export Councils - websites compared

Export Council Name

Acronym

Comments

My score
(out of 5)

Automotive Industry Export Council

According to the DTI website, the web address is www.naamsa.co.za

AIEC

  1. Actual web address is www.aiec.co.za
  2. Good website with lots of useful information
  3. One or two of the articles are a bit dated

4

Capital Equipment Export Council

SACEEC

  1. Uninspiring website
  2. Website dates back to 2003 (public holidays)
  3. Irrelevant information (conversions, electricity and holidays?)

1.5

Clothing Export Council
No website

 

 

0

Fresh Produce Exporters Forum / Fruit South Africa

FPEF

  1. Decent website
  2. A bit dated (Oct 2008)

4

South African Boatbuilders Export Council

SABBEX

  1. A decent/adequate website

4

SA Cosmetics Export Council
No website

SACEC

 

0

SA Electro-technical Export Council

SAEEC

  1. Solid, up-to-date website

4.5

SA Flower Export Council

ASSO Flowers

  1. Not a very attractive or professional website
  2. Some sections are dated, while others are fairly up-to-date
  3. Some errors on site (e.g. video does not download)

2.5

SA Footwear & Leather Export Council
Site appears to exists, but there is an error when trying to access the page

SAFLEC

 

0

SA International Steel Fabricators

ISF

  1. Uninspiring and dated website

1.5

SA Textile Industry Export Council

SATIEC

  1. A particularly ugly and confusing website
  2. Very dated

1.5

South African Wire Business Council

SAWA

  1. A basic website
  2. Somewhat dated

2.5

Wines of South Africa

WOSA

  1. An excellent website

5

Steel Tube Export Council

STEC

  1. Site links to the Association of Steel Tube and Pipe Manufacturers (not the STEC).
  2. This website deals with the general industry and had no information on exports
  3. Web site looks OK, but news dates back to 2004!!

0

SA Equine Trade Council
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SAETRAC

  1. Actual address is www.racingsouthafrica.com
  2. Not a very exciting website, but adequate and reasonably up-to-date

3.5

South African Stainless Steel Development Association
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SASSDA

  1. Actual web address is www.sassda.co.za
  2. A good, solid website
  3. Although it is more focused on the SS industry in general, it does provide some discussion on exports
  4. Up-to-date

2

SA Fruit & Vegetable Canners' Export Council
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SAFVCEC

  1. Actual website address is www.safvca.co.za
  2. A good, solid website
  3. Unfortunately, the most recent news items date back to April 2008 – it could therefore be more up-to-date
  4. Although it is more focused on the fruit and vegetable canning industry in general, it does provide some discussion on exports

3

SA African Ostrich Business Chamber
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SAOBC

  1. Actual website address is www.ostrichsa.co.za
  2. An excellent website for the Ostrich industry in general, but the site has no specific focus on exports

0

Rail Road Association
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

RRA

  1. Actual website address is www.rra.co.za
  2. A good, solid website, but unfortunately, the most recent press statements date back to 2006 – it could therefore be more up-to-date
  3. There is very little focus on exports, although members interested in rail transport enquiries can register to receive such enquires (no information for foreign enquirers)

1

Farmed Abalone Export Council
No website

 

 

0

Built Environment Professional Export Council or www.cesa.co.za

No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

BEPEC

  1. Actual website address is www.saace.co.za (or www.cesa.co.za)
  2. A good, solid website, but focused more on Consulting Engineers in general, rather than on the BEPEC (only one page dedicated to exports, with very little information on this page)
  3. Reasonably up-to-date (the news items could be more recent)

1.5

South African Print and Packaging Export Council
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SAPPEC

  1. Actual website address is www.pifsa.co.za
  2. A good, solid website, but focused more on the print industry in general than on exports (only one page dedicated to the SAPPEC, with very little information on this page)

2

Meat Exporters of South Africa
No website

 

 

0

South African Music Exportation
No website indicated on DTI Export Council list

SAMEX

  1. Actual website address is www.samex.org.za
  2. A poor website, with very little useful information for exporters

2

Scoring explanation

Score

General description

0

No website

0.5-1.5

Altogether poor

2

Getting better, but needs a lot of attention

2.5

Adequate, but that’s all

3-3.5

Generally a good website, but could do much better (often out of date)

4-4.5

A good to great website that does what it needs to, but has potential for improvement here and there

5

A top-class website – everything that you want an international website to be

 

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