Bulk wine sales costing jobs in bottling industry

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 South Africa says it wants to avoid a tit-for-tat alcohol import war with Britain over increased bulk wine sales that have cost jobs in the local bottling industry.

The issue was raised in a meeting on Thursday between Trade Minister Rob Davies and visiting British business secretary Vince Cable.

The trend toward bulk wine sales in plastic containers, which is a growing commercial move by importers, has cost about 1000 jobs in the local bottling industry.

The meeting won a pledge by Cable that London would not back the trend as trade policy.