The department will continue in various trade negotiations and forums to enhance the interests of the South African agricultural sector. One of our strategic objectives is to increase intra-African trade, which is currently about 10% of the agricultural export industry. While increased trade in Africa is a challenging terrain, the growth of the African market for agricultural products will enable South Africa to increase diversification of its export markets and reduce dependence upon our traditional export markets such as the United States of America and the European Union.