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Article · Trade & Economics

Rooibos's Monopoly Ended in 1993. It Had a Private Sequel

In 2017 South Africa's competition regulator accused the private company that inherited rooibos's old state monopoly of using exclusive farmer contracts to hold the same grip the 1954 law once guaranteed by decree.

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Guide · Trade & Economics

The Rooibos Trade

How the red bush is priced without a public auction, where the crop actually goes, what its certification marks verify, how the name is legally protected, and how concentrated the buying side really is.

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