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Southern African Customs Union | SACU

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meta description if known - Southern African Customs Union | SACU predates modern trade and customs Agreements, and it remains the oldest functioning Customs Union. It was originally established by the British colonial power in the 1880s. In 1889, a Customs Union Convention was held between the British Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange Free State Boer Republic, preceding the formal establishment of SACU in July 1910.

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Phone: 264 (61) 295 8000,+264 (61) 245 611

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