Exporter of the Year Awards
Exporter of the Year 2022
The entry form for the prestigious Exporter of the Year Awards 2022 is now available to download below. Closing date for entries is 8 July 2022.
Judging Process:
- Judging all entries is a thorough and robust task. Judging criteria includes qualitative and quantitative data, which are thoroughly assessed by an independent panel of judges.
- Please refer to the judging criteria scorecard when completing your entry form, as this should guide you in the amount of information required in each area of the entry form.
- The judges scoring on the quantitative information will be performed in terms of a matrix, to ensure consistent scoring for these factors from all the judges.
- The judges will therefore spend more time on the qualitative factors on the scorecard. For this reason the scorecard has been updated for the qualitative factors and the entry from has been updated to align with the new scorecard.
Exporter of the Year Categories:
- Emerging Exporter Award (Companies that have been exporting for three years or less)
- IDC Job Creation Award (Exporters who have created the most number of new sustainable jobs within their business in the last financial year)
- SJM Flex Environmental Practice Award (Exporters, other than manufacturers of original equipment for the automotive industry, and who pursue activities towards Environmental Sustainability)
- SJM Flex Environmental Award (Exporters who are manufacturers of original equipment for the automotive industry and who have environmental accreditation and who pursue excellence in environmental management)
- Best Provider of Services to Exporters (All service providers to the export industry)
- Best Exporter: Small Business (Exporters with direct and indirect export turnover below R25-million)
- Best Exporter: Medium Enterprises (Exporters with direct and indirect export turnover between R25-million and R200-million)
- Best Exporter: Corporate Category (Exporters with direct and indirect export turnover greater than R200-million)
- Best Exporter: OEM (Exporters who are manufacturers or original equipment for the automotive industry)
- Exporter of the Year 2022 (The entity which, in the judges’ opinion, achieved the most success in the period under review.)
Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you would like to partner with Exporters Eastern Cape in hosting the prestigious Awards Event contact Suzanne Vermeulen at info@exportersec.co.za or at 083 291 5214.
The 2022 Exporter of the Year Awards Event will take place on Friday, 21 October 2022.
Contact the Branch Manager, Suzanne Vermeulen on info@exportersec.co.za or the Chairman, Quintin Levey on 083 459 2232 if you have any questions.
Download the entry form below! Closing date for entries is 8 JULY 2022!

Exporter of the Year 2021
In its 26th year, the Exporter of the Year Awards is hosted annually to acknowledge the achievements of Eastern Cape exporters and service providers in the province. The Awards ceremony was hosted online on Friday, 20 August 2021 with an interactive live event, which was presented by MC Gareth Burley.
Creating hundreds of new jobs, increasing market share, profits and growing export turnover. These are just some of the successes Exporters Eastern Cape’s Exporter of the Year 2021 winners achieved over the past year.
Entertainment for the evening included Franky and the Misfits, Letters from Jane and Roland Gaspar. LX Events assisted with organising the online event and Oracle Media provided all the artwork designs and organised the online event platform. Michael Sheehan is the photographer for this year’s Exporter of the Year.
A highlight of the evening was the announcement of the prestigious Overall Winner of the Exporter of the Year 2021, Acoustex Group, a Gqeberha-based manufacturer of automotive components exported to 12 countries around the world.
The category and merit award winners of the 2021 Exporter of the Year Awards are:
- Exporter of the Year Overall Winner: Acoustex Group
BEST EXPORTER: OEM
- Best Exporter OEM Winner: Volkswagen Group South Africa
- Best Exporter OEM Merit Award for Skills Development and Transformation Initiatives: Isuzu Motors South Africa
BEST EXPORTER: CORPORATE
- Best Exporter Corporate Winner: SMA Engineering South Africa
- Best Exporter Corporate Merit Award for Improvement in Profitability: Purem Port Elizabeth (Eberspächer SA)
- Best Exporter Corporate Merit Award for Increase in Export Turnover and Profitability: San Miguel Fruits South Africa
BEST EXPORTER: MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
- Best Exporter Medium Enterprise Winner: Acoustex Group
BEST EXPORTER: SMALL BUSINESS
- Best Exporter Small Business Winner: OPM Tooling Import & Export CC
BEST PROVIDER OF SERVICE TO EXPORTERS
- Best Provider of Service to Exporters Winner: Toyota Industrial Equipment
- Best Provider of Service to Exporters Merit Award for Awards Won and Achievements: Oracle Media
- Best Provider of Service to Exporters Merit Award for New Contracts: Coega Development Corporation
IDC JOB CREATION
- IDC Job Creation Award Winner: SMA Engineering South Africa
- IDC Job Creation Merit Award: Lumotech
- IDC Job Creation Merit Award: Sovereign Foods
- IDC Job Creation Merit Award: Isuzu Motors South Africa
- IDC Job Creation Merit Award: S4 Development Services
SJM FLEX ENVIRONMENTAL
- SJM Flex Environmental Award Winner: Volkswagen Group South Africa
- SJM Flex Environmental Merit Award: Coega Development Corporation
- SJM Flex Environmental Merit Award: Purem Port Elizabeth (Eberspächer SA)
- SJM Flex Environmental Merit Award: Isuzu Motors South Africa
Thank you to all our sponsors for making this event possible!




Exporter of the Year 2020
In its 25th year, the Exporter of the Year Awards is hosted annually to acknowledge the achievements of Eastern Cape exporters and service providers in the province. The 2020 awards event was a special milestone for the organisation, who is celebrating 40 years of existence in Port Elizabeth.
It was also the first year that the Exporter of the Year Awards was hosted online with an interactive live event, which was presented by MC Gareth Burley. Entertainment for the evening included the Nelson Mandela Bay Musicians Collaboration, magician Brendon Peel and comedian Marc Lottering.
Congratulations to S4 Development Services that was named Exporter of the Year – Overall Winner as well as the following Category and Merit Award winners:
SJM Flex Environmental Practice Award
2020 Exporter of the Year – Overall Winner: S4 Development Services
Listen to the Algoa FM interview with the 2020 Exporter of the Year Winner – S4 Development Services





Listen to the Kingfisher FM interviews with the 2020 Category Winners
S4 Development Services
Tavcor Motor Group
VWSA
Ford Motor Company
Oracle Media
Eberspächer South Africa
Exporter of the Year 2019
Congratulations to Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) as the Overall Winner of the 24th annual Exporter of the Year Awards as well as all the merit award and category winners.
The 2019 merit and category winners are:
SJM Flex Environmental Practice Award
- Winner: La Mohair
SJM Flex Environmental Award
- First Merit Award: SMA Engineering
- Second Merit Award: Eberspächer South Africa
- Third Merit Award: Volkswagen Group South Africa
- Winner: Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa
IDC Job Creation Award
- First Merit Award: Sovereign Foods
- Second Merit Award: Shatterprufe
- Third Merit Award: Volkswagen Group South Africa
- Winner: Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa
Best provider of services to exporters
- First Merit Award for Major Accomplishments: Coega Development Corporation
- Second Merit Award for Major Accomplishments and Improvement of Profitability: BLG Logistics of South-Africa
- Winner: Sasfin Commercial Solutions (Global Trade)
Best exporter: Small business
- Merit Award for Improvement in Export Profitability: La Mohair
- Winner: S4 Integration
Best exporter: Medium enterprise
- Winner: Sovereign Foods
Best exporter: Corporate
- First Merit Award for Increase in Export Turnover: Talhado Fishing Enterprises
- Second Merit Award for Entrepreneurial Export Flair: Eberspächer South Africa
- Third Merit Award for Entrepreneurial Export Flair: G Modiano Ltd.
- Winner: Shatterprufe
Best exporter: OEM
- Merit Award for Major Accomplishments: Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa
- Winner: Volkswagen Group South Africa
2019 Overall Exporter of the Year: Volkswagen Group South Africa
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
Media Sponsor
Listen to the Kingfisher FM interviews with the 2019 Category Winners
VWSA
Ford Motor Company
Sasfin Commercial Solutions (Global Trade)
Sovereign Foods
La Mohair
S4 Integration
Transnet National Ports Authority
Shatterprufe
Exporters Eastern Cape
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