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  Angola Medium Term Plan 2009 – 2013 (Portuguese) Programme of Action for the Manufacturing Industry 2008 (Portuguese) Country Strategy Paper 2011 – 2015   Botswana National Development Plan 10 Volume 1 National Development Plan 10 Volume 2 FINAL NDP 10 TNS 10 Feb 2010 edited-1   Burundi Burundi Vision 2025 Country Programme 2010 – [...]

COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA SACU SADC COMESA EAC Bilateral agreements in southern and eastern Africa South Africa

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: Draft Tripartite FTA Agreement Revised Dec 2010.pdf Annex 01 Negotiating Principles Revised Dec 2010.pdf Annex 02 Customs Cooperation Revised Dec 2010.pdf Annex 03 Simplification Revised [...]

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 Africa known as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), with the main aim of coordinating development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on the then apartheid [...]

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 the [...]

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 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 Commission Territories of Bechuanaland (now Botswana), Basutoland (now Lesotho) and Swaziland. The 1969 Customs Union Agreement between South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland replaced the 1910 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Protocol on SQAM   TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE The Ministers responsible for the Industry and Trade Sector in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), NOTING the objectives of SADC as listed in the SADC Treaty, such as achieving development and economic growth (Article 5(1)(a)), achieving complementarity between national and regional strategies and programmes (Article 5(1)(e)) [...]

SADC Protocol on Transport, Communications and Meteorology PREAMBLE The Governments of – The Republic of Angola The Republic of Botswana The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Malawi The Republic of Mauritius The Republic of Mozambique The Republic of Namibia The Republic of South Africa The Kingdom of Swaziland The United Republic of Tanzania The [...]

Alec Erwin, the South African Minister of Trade and Industry approved the new Anti-Dumping Regulations on the 12th of November 2003. These regulations were published by The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC). These regulations allow for investigations to be concluded within twelve months, the WTO standard time for investigations to be finalised. In extraordinary cases [...]

PROTOCOL ON THE CONTROL OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) REGION CONTENTS PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State or Government of the: Republic of Angola Republic of Botswana Democratic Republic of Congo Kingdom of Lesotho Republic of Malawi Republic of Mauritius Republic of Mozambique Republic of Namibia [...]