South Africa’s motoring industry is not calling for steep hikes in vehicle import duties and instead wants targeted policy adjustments to support domestic manufacturing, BMW South Africa’s CEO said on Wednesday. In the same parliamentary sitting on Tuesday, deputy trade minister Zuko Godlimpi told lawmakers that his ministry is reassessing hiking tariffs on imported vehicles. I can tell you now, no one’s asking for that from the industry side“Fifty percent is the bound rate within WTO. The BMW brand also grew retail sales by 12% in 2025, while its Rosslyn plant produced more than 79 000 vehicles last year, the highest volume in the plant’s 52-year history. In South Africa, the BMW brand has a 22% market share of the battery electric vehicle segment.