博茨瓦纳受南非济影响分析报告.pdfVIP

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BotswanafeelstheSouthAfrican

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Asparklingsuccessfallsonroughtimes

Jan14th2017|GABORONE

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INPHAKALANE,anaffluentsuburbofBotswana’ssleepycapitalGaborone,

amodernassemblylinespitsoutthousandsofbatteriesdestinedfor

southernAfricancars.WhetheringlitzyBentleysbelovedoftheSouth

Africaneliteorthebeaten-upToyotasswervingtoavoidHarare’spotho,

thedevicesmadebyemployeesofChlorideExidekeeptheregionmoving.

Yettroubleisbrewingjustbeyondthefactoryes.sthan25mi

(40km)awayinSouthAfrica,thecompany’slargestexportmarket,a

slowdownhascrippleddemand.Inthepastyearsome30,000fewer

在岩石和坚硬的地方之间

博茨瓦纳感受到南非的

1月14日，艰难时期取得了辉煌的成功2017|哈博

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在博茨⽡纳沉睡的⾸都哈博罗内的富裕郊区法卡拉内，⼀条现代化的装配线

正在⽣产数千块运往南部非洲汽⻋的电池。⽆论是开着深受南非精英喜爱的

炫⽬的宾利汽⻋，还是开着破旧的丰⽥汽⻋急转避开哈拉雷的坑洼，

ChlorideExide员工制造的设备都让该地区保持前进。

然⽽，⿇烦就在工⼚⻔⼝酝酿之中。距离该公司最⼤出⼝市场不到25英

里（40公里）的南非，经济放缓导致需求受到削弱。去年减少了约

30,000人

batteriesthanusualwereshippedacrosstheborder.Tomakethingsworse,

satoZimbabwe,onceabigbuyer,havebeenhitbyimportrestrictions.

InSeptemberBotswanaexportedjust$54mtoSouthAfrica,accordingto

governmentfigures,andimported$371mworthofgoodsfromitsbig

neighbour.LocalbusinessmengrumblethatSouthAfricanfirmswith

operationsinBotswanadonotspendenoughlocally.BusinessBotswana,

alobbygroup,iscallingonSouthAfricansupermarketchainstoboostlocal

procurementabove10%.

IanKhama,Botswana’s,hasrep