EAC Customs Union Common External Tariffs Follow link to EAC website: http://www.eac.int/customs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:eac-customs-union-common-external-tariffs-2007&catid=3:key-documents&Itemid=141  

The member states of SADC, EAC and COMESA agreed in October 2008 to negotiate a Tripartite Free Trade Area. A revised Draft Agreement and Annexes were finalized in December 2010 and can be downloaded here: Tripartite FTA Annex 12 Trade DevCompet Rev Dec 2010 Draft Tripartite FTA Agreement Revised Dec 2010.pdf FTA Annex 02 Customs [...]

Background Member States SADC Treaty SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan SADC Protocol on Trade Other Protocols Memoranda of Understanding Charters Declarations Country Tariff Phase-down offers Status updates Background The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been in existence since 1980, when is was formed as a loose alliance of nine majority-ruled states in Southern [...]

EAC Background: The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five east African states with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community was signed on 30th November 1999 and entered into force on 7 July 2000. The EAC aims at widening and deepening co-operation among [...]

Background The Agreement for the establishment of the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) for Eastern and Southern Africa was signed on 21 December 1981 and entered into force on 30 September 1982. However, the PTA always envisaged the creation of a Common Market and in line with this vision the Agreement was later replaced with the [...]

BILATERAL TRADE/ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENTS South Africa – Malawi Agreement (PDF – 246kb) South Africa – Nigeria Agreement (PDF – 184kb) South Africa – Zimbabwe Agreement (PDF – 788kb) South Africa – Namibia Agreement (PDF – 97kb) Namibia – Zimbabwe Agreement (PDF – 45kb) Namibia – DRC Agreement (PDF – 31kb) Namibia – Angola Agreement (PDF [...]

Background Member Countries Treaties Domestic Legislation SACU-US Trade Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA) SACU-EFTA  Free Trade Agreement SACU-Mercosur Preferential Trade Agreement Background An Overview of SACU The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) was established in 1910 through the Customs Union Agreement of 1910 between the Union of South Africa and the three so-called High [...]

The South Africa – EU Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) The European Union has concluded a long-term bilateral agreement on trade and development aid. The aim of the agreement is to provide an appropriate framework for dialogue between the parties, to support the efforts made by South Africa to strengthen the economic and social [...]

Annex XIII AMENDMENT PROTOCOL ON TRADE IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC)   PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State or Government of: The Republic of Angola The Republic of Botswana The Democratic Republic of the Congo The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Malawi The Republic of Mauritius The Republic of Mozambique The Republic [...]

COMESA EAC SACU SADC External FTAs Bilateral Agreements Disclaimer While tralac endeavours to list current legal instruments, we cannot accept responsibility or liability for any inaccuracies or omissions. The negotiation, ratification, implementation and/or modification of these instruments is an ongoing process and not always well-reported or updated by the relevant authorities. See further tralac‘s terms [...]

TDCA (PDF – 429kb) Annexes to TDCA (PDF – 942kb) The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title 1 The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title II The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title III The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title IV The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title V The SA-EU Free Trade Agreement Title VI The SA-EU Free [...]

GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE No. R. 3914 – 12 December 1969 CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO AND THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND The text of an agreement concluded between the Governments of the Republic of [...]

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO, THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND PREAMBLE THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA, THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO, THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND RECOGNISING that the [...]

AGREEMENT AMENDING THE TREATY OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State or Government of: The Republic of AngolaThe Republic of BotswanaThe Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Kingdom of LesothoThe Republic of MalawiThe Republic of MauritiusThe Republic of MozambiqueThe Republic of NamibiaThe Republic of SeychellesThe Republic of South AfricaThe Kingdom of [...]

History and aim SACU was established through the Customs Union Agreement of 1910 between the Union of South Africa and the three so-called High Commission Territories of Bechuanaland (now Botswana), Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Swaziland. The 1969 Customs Union Agreement between South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland replaced that Agreement. Namibia became a contracting party [...]

PROTOCOL ON THE RULES OF ORIGIN FOR PRODUCTS TO BE TRADED BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA PREAMBLE THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES AWARE that the have undertaken to progressively establish a Common Market within which customs duties and other charges of equivalent effect imposed on imports shall be [...]

PREAMBLE WE, the Heads of State or Government of: The People’s Republic of Angola The Republic of Botswana The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Malawi The Republic of Mozambique The Republic of Namibia The Kingdom of Swaziland The United Republic of Tanzania The Republic of Zambia The Republic of Zimbabwe HAVING REGARD to the [...]

Declaration on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)   PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State or Government of: The Republic of Angola The Republic of Botswana The Democratic Republic of Congo The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Malawi The Republic of Mauritius The Republic of Mozambique The Republic of Namibia The Republic of Seychelles The [...]