Tag: Intra-Africa trade
São Tomé and Principe: 2019 intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
23 Jul 20 InfographicsIn 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...
Comoros: 2019 intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
23 Jul 20 InfographicsIn 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...
Morocco: 2019 intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
20 Jul 20 InfographicsOnly 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...
Ivory Coast: 2019 intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
20 Jul 20 Infographics23% each of Ivory Coast’s world exports and world imports are intra-Africa; 43% of intra-Africa exports are to Mali and Burkina Faso while 58% of intra-Africa imports are from Ni...
Cape Verde: 2019 intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
20 Jul 20 InfographicsFor 2019, only 1% of Cape Verde’s world exports and 2% of world imports were to and from other African countries. 46% of intra-Africa exports, mainly eggs and preserved fish were...
Use of Electronic Certificates of Origin now and beyond COVID-19 in intra-African Trade
29 Jun 20 BlogAs the COVID-19 pandemic persists, it continues to restrain free movement of people, goods and services across African borders to unprecedented levels. Countries find themselves co...
IATF2020 Postponed due to COVID-19
29 Apr 20 NewsIn light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union (AU) and the Government of Rwanda have decided to postpone by one year the second...
Drivers for boosting intra-African investment flows towards Africa’s transformation
31 Mar 20 NewsAfrica is experiencing interesting times in an ever-changing and challenging global investment landscape
Global investment flows increased rapidly, from approximately $200 billion...
AfCFTA: Trade and tariff coverage of countries which have ratified the Agreement
26 Mar 20 Infographics54 African countries have signed the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA, of which 30 have deposited their instruments of ratification. Of these 29, updated trade data for 2018 is av...
Tariff and non-tariff trade costs of intra-African manufacturing trade
21 Feb 20 InfographicsThe cost of trade in manufacturing is the tariff and non-tariff costs associated with bilateral trade of goods which have undergone some sort of transformation process, including p...
Tariff and non-tariff trade costs on intra-African agricultural trade
21 Feb 20 InfographicsBilateral costs for trade in agricultural products include all costs involved in trading bilaterally between trade partners – the average tariff on the goods traded, as well as n...
Intra-Africa trade: Non-tariff trade costs
21 Feb 20 InfographicsNon-tariff trade costs refer to costs other than tariffs involved in trading goods bilaterally between trade partners, including transport costs, costs associated with completing t...
What if Africa were to liberalise the intra-Africa automotive components trade?
21 Jan 20 BlogWhat if Africa were to liberalise the intra-Africa automotive components trade? A forthcoming tralac working paper (by this author) presents the results of a simulation of the comp...
Central African Republic: 2018 Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
03 Jul 19 InfographicsAdvancing the intra-African Trade Agenda by implementing the Tripartite FTA
06 Jun 19 PublicationsThe launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 carried the signs of a new approach towards intra-African trade and integration. It was subsequentl...
Tariffs on intra-Africa trade
21 Mar 19 InfographicsAn overview of tariff measures adopted by African countries on intra-Africa trade
Many African countries trade under preferential trading arrangements of their regional economic c...
Intra-Africa trade profile – 2017
21 Mar 19 InfographicsAlthough trade within the continent remains low and has not changed significantly over time, the 2016-2017 period saw an 8% increase in intra-Africa exports, with intra-Africa expo...
How Can Blockchain Support Intra-African Trade?
21 Feb 19 Blog‘Blockchain’ – or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) – is a technology whereby a ledger of transactions, or other form or record, is maintained electronically by being dis...
Using Intra-African Trade Scorecards to identify opportunities for increasing agricultural trade
05 Feb 19 NewsAcross the continent, African governments are taking steps to make agricultural trade freer. In June 2014, heads of state of African Union member countries issued a bold commitment...
Liberia: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
20 Dec 18 InfographicsThis Trade Data Update provides an overview of Liberia’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual African...