MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Transport equipment - March 2021

The slowdown in imports reflected in part the economic slowdown and depreciation of the rand, both which followed the end of the commodity boom in 2011/12. [...] Transport equipment value chain The transport equipment subsector comprises of the manufacture of motor vehicles, bodies for vehicles and tractors, trailers and semi-trailers, parts and accessories for motor vehicles, building and repairing ships and boats, aircraft, railway and tramway locomotives, and motorcycles and bicycles. [...] The distribution of value add, and its concentration in Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal can be linked to the location of the seven largest OEMs and component manufacturers in these provinces. [...] The concentration of value added and employment in Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal can be linked to the concentration of OEMs and component manufacturers in these regions. [...] 15 TFM Industries 330 Designs, manufactures, assembles, converts and imports specialist truck bodies and armoured vehicles and components for the automotive and engineering industries and trailers.