Tag: Intra-Africa trade

The new EU-UK trade relationship will be very different from when the UK was a Member State. Major governance challenges lie ahead. Concluding a trade agreement is one thing, imple...

An objective of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is to create a liberalised market for goods and services. To achieve this, the AfCFTA provides for progressive...

For 2019, 19 per cent of Kenya's total trade was with other African countries, mostly with countries in the same free trade area (COMESA FTA) or customs union (EAC). Limi...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) consists of 16 members – 13 of which are in a free trade area (FTA). The SADC FTA members are Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madag...

National SACUM-UK EPA and SA-US Trade Relations, including AGOA (the dtic) The United Kingdom (UK) is South Africa’s 5th largest trading partner with total trade amounting to R...

National news Master plan starts to encourage poultry sector expansion (Engineering News) South African poultry producers have pledged to invest R1.7-billion towards expansi...

The quest to transform southern Africa into an industrialised region is being hampered by the declining level of intra-regional trade and the lack of diversification of domestic ec...

In 2019, Togo’s intra-Africa exports of US$740 million accounted for 72% of Togo’s world exports. Intra-Africa imports of US$393 million accounted for 20% of Togo’s world exp...

In 2019, 4% of São Tomé and Principe’s world exports and 27% of world imports were to and from the rest of Africa Between 2018 and 2019, São Tomé and Principe’s intra-Afric...

In 2019, Nigeria’s intra-Africa exports of US$11 billion accounted for 20% of Nigeria’s world exports, while imports of US$3 billion accounted for 7% of world imports. Between ...

In 2019, 7% of Mauritania’s world exports and 9% of world imports were to and from the rest of Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Mauritania’s intra-Africa exports fell by 11%, whi...

In 2019, 37% of Kenya’s world exports, and 13% of world imports were to and from the rest of Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Kenya’s intra-Africa exports and imports increased b...

In 2019, only 16% of Egypt’s world exports were to African countries, and 3% of imports were sourced from Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Egypt’s intra-Africa exports and import...

In 2019, 12% of Comoros’ world exports and 10% of imports were to and from the rest of Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Comoros’ intra-Africa exports increased significantly by 3...

In 2019, 5% of Congo’s world exports and 26% of world imports were to and from the rest of Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Congo’s intra-Africa exports and imports dropped by 16...

For 2019, 23% of Zambia’s world exports were intra-Africa exports; mainly to DRC and South Africa. On the contrary, almost half of Zambia’s world imports were sourced from othe...

For 2019, 80% of Seychelles’ total intra-Africa trade was with South Africa and Mauritius. 53% of intra-Africa exports were to Mauritius, mainly frozen fish and pleasure boats. E...

For 2019, Namibia’s intra-Africa exports of US$2.4 billion accounted for 37% of Namibia’s world exports, while 66% of Namibia’s world imports were sourced from other African ...

For 2019, Malawi’s intra-Africa exports and imports amounted to US$331 million and US$801 million respectively, while intra-Africa exports increased by 4% between 2018 and 2019 i...

Only 4% of Morocco’s total world trade for 2019 was trade with other African countries, mainly Egypt and Algeria. Intra-Africa exports are mainly to countries outside PAFTA and A...