Search results
305 Results
Chinese imports from Africa: the impact of the recent commodity price declines
05 May 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe objective for this paper is to examine Chinese imports from Africa during 2015 and assess the extent to which falling global commodity prices have contributed to changes over m...
read moreAnalysing South Africa’s 2011-15 Depreciation: Trade, Sectoral and General Economic Consequences
05 May 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe South African Rand experienced an almost continual state of depreciation over the period 2011-2015, culminating in a massive risk premium shock to the currency, and an accelera...
read moreTowards a Continental Free Trade Area: Analysis of the status of the regional trade regimes
24 Mar 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsIn June 2015, the African Union (AU) Summit adopted the negotiating guidelines and roadmap for the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017. The move towa...
read moreExport trends in Africa – an analysis of South Africa’s manufactured exports to Africa
16 Mar 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsAs the process of regional integration continues with countries in Africa now committed to establish a continental free trade area (CFTA), it is in South Africa’s interest to ens...
read morePro-competitive services sector regulation: a possible direction for the AU CFTA Agreement?
09 Mar 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe African Economic Community (AEC) was established by the Abuja Treaty (1991) as an integral part of the African Union (AU). One of its objectives is to promote economic, so...
read moreCritical Issues in the Negotiations of the Continental Free Trade Area
02 Mar 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsOn 15 June 2015, the African Union Assembly launched the negotiations to establish the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017. Experience of existing Free Trade Areas (FTAs)&nb...
read moreSouth Africa’s recent trade performance
10 Feb 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsWith a GDP (PPP) of over US$ 707 billion South Africa is currently the second largest economy in Africa after being surpassed by Nigeria in recent years. The country is considered ...
read moreSouth Africa and AGOA: Recent developments 2015-2016 and possible suspension
10 Feb 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has received much publicity and attention over the past year in particular, for two main reasons: (a) the legislation was set to expir...
read moreThe AGOA Saga in a Trade Governance Context
10 Feb 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe facts pertaining to the recent difficulties between the United States and South Africa about the latter’s continued enjoyment of the trade preferences of the African Growth a...
read moreTrade diversion and trade creation effects of economic integration: Illustration of an Excel based tariff simulation of Zambia entering a hypothetical Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Africa
03 Feb 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsThe aim of this paper is to illustrate an Excel spreadsheet* simulation that can be used to determine the trade creation and trade diversion effects of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
read moreMercosur and Africa: the trading relationships
03 Feb 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsA decade ago the news that the four South American countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay that make up the core group of Mercosur (in Spanish, Mercado Común del Sur)...
read moreThe Use and Potential of Export Taxes for Africa: an Introductory Analysis
27 Jan 2016 Trade Reports PublicationsExport taxes have been used as long as international trade has taken place, both as a generator of revenue and also for strategic reasons. However, despite the unambiguously negati...
read moreSugar: production, trade and policy profiles for South Africa and other selected African countries
18 Dec 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsWhile agricultural protection has been declining in recent years, several sectors remain heavily protected in many countries. These sectors include sugar, rice and dairy, and this ...
read moreA historical perspective on South Africa’s trading and investment profile with Africa in recent years
10 Dec 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsThe objective of this working paper is to provide some background to the South African trade and investment profile in recent years, with a special emphasis on the trade relations ...
read moreAn analysis of Kenya’s trade and economic profile
10 Dec 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to firstly set the background for a discussion and analysis of Kenya and its merchandise trading background before presenting a more detailed analysi...
read moreThe West and Central African trade profile, with a special review of the relationship with China and regional agricultural trade
27 Nov 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsThe objective of this paper* is to examine the West and Central African (WCA) trade profile, with some reference to the trading relationship with China and the agricultural trade p...
read moreLesotho – where to?
27 Nov 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to provide a background to Lesotho’s economic and trade policies with a particular emphasis on future directions for the Mountain Kingdom. For this...
read moreTrade liberalisation in Africa: a GTAP analysis of intra-African agricultural tariffs going to zero
27 Nov 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsThis paper uses the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) computer database and takes the full suite of African agricultural sectors and African countries/regions in order to assess...
read moreThe SACU Tariff Board: Original Design and Implications of Subsequent Developments
11 Nov 2015 Trade Reports Publications
With the signing of a new Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement in 2002, the Member States agreed to a new design for conducting the operations of this Organization. ...
read moreIntra-regional merchandise trade within West Africa and between West and East Africa
21 Oct 2015 Trade Reports PublicationsIn recent times tralac has published extensively on African trade, with an emphasis on southern and eastern Africa as the Tripartite FTA developed. There has not been a commensurat...
read more