Since Namibia is a net importer of goods and services from South Africa, the benefits derived from CMA membership may in this respect be large. The emphasis here is on exchange rate volatility, which is of a short-term nature and is not due to the flexibility of exchange rates by itself.
The extant FDI limits in sectors such as petroleum and natural gas, courier services, commodity exchanges, infrastructure companies in the securities market and power exchanges were placed under automatic route.