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South African Mining and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: South Africa’s exports of Mining Equipment, Technology and Services

18 Jan 20 Publications

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was signed by 44 AU member states in 2018 and came into force in May 2019 after being ratified by 22 member states – the req...

An update on the African Continental Free Trade Area and Southern African Development Community Protocols on Trade in Services

15 Jan 20 Publications

The services sector is key to economic development because it contributes a significant share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment and trade in a country’s economy, regard...

How, according to the Founders, will the AfCFTA Agreement be implemented and the Continental Free Trade Area come about?

17 Dec 19 Blog

The objectives behind the AfCFTA are ambitious and wide-ranging. A careful reading of the texts of the founding instruments is necessary to understand the nature and sequencing of ...

Where is the AfCFTA’s Engine Room?

17 Dec 19 Blog

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) might not be designed to have one single “engine room,” but the scope of the underlying ambition seems to require one. The crea...

Dealing with Non-Tariff Barriers under the AfCFTA: What are the Prospects?

17 Dec 19 Blog

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been designed as the answer to the low levels of intra-African trade.[1] It should boost intra-African trade by reducing the ta...

Eswatini: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

12 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Eswatini’s exports to Africa were worth US$1.7 billion, while imports from Africa were valued at US$1.5 billion. Intra-Africa export...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

09 Dec 19 News

Key AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency) Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...

Malawi: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

06 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Malawi’s intra-Africa exports and imports were valued at US$318 million and US$809 million, respectively. Intra-Africa exports accou...

Kenya: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

06 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, 18% of Kenya’s total trade was intra-Africa; 80% of that trade was with EAC, COMESA and IGAD member states. Kenya imported and expor...

Senegal: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

06 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Senegal exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$1.6 billion and US$1.3 billion, respectively. In...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

06 Dec 19 News

Next week, in Addis: Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology. Extracts from featured submissions: Issues ...

Status of AfCFTA Ratification

05 Dec 19 Infographics

Towards the AfCFTA The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) entered into force on 30 May 2019 for the 24 countries that had deposited their...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

05 Dec 19 News

Doing Business 2020: Selected African economy profiles Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, CAR, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

03 Dec 19 News

Starting tomorrow, in Pretoria: 15th Replenishment of the African Development Fund Representatives of donor governments will meet from 4-5 December in Centurion to conclude the 15...

São Tomé and Príncipe: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

01 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, São Tomé and Príncipe exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$420 thousand and US$38 million,...

Burundi: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

01 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Burundi exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$49 million and US$195 million, respectively. Int...

Benin: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

01 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Benin exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$182 million and US$690 million, respectively. Intr...

Central African Republic: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

01 Dec 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, CAR exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$12 million and US$55 million, respectively. Int...

tralac's Daily News Selection

22 Nov 19 News

The International Trade Centre has posted a major new report - Diversifying trade in Africa: New strategy approaches for the AfCFTA This [AfCFTA] greement requires policyma...

How will the AfCFTA enter into force, be implemented, and be completed?

18 Nov 19 Publications

Since the adoption by the African Union (AU) Assembly of the texts of the founding agreement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Protocol on Trade in Goods,...