Tag: Trade Data
African economies sustain progress in domestic resource mobilisation
01 Nov 18 NewsAfrica has sustained gains in domestic resource mobilisation made since 2000, as tax revenues remained stable in 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Africa 2018.
Providi...
Women-supporting trade policies need better data, experts say
01 Nov 18 NewsWomen’s economic empowerment is a crucial objective of the international development agenda but designing informed policies means developing better information.
The idea that go...
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31 Oct 18 NewsG20 Africa Investment Summit: selected updates
Remarks by South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. We are convinced that the impact of the Compact with Africa initiative will be enhanced...
South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for September 2018
31 Oct 18 NewsSouth African trade balance swings to deficit in September
South Africa’s trade balance shifted to a R2.95 billion deficit in September of 2018 from a downwardly revised R8.77 b...
Foreign Domestic Investment into Africa rises, and Morocco joins South Africa as leading investment destinations
30 Oct 18 NewsAccording to EY’s latest Africa Attractiveness report, FDI was up across the continent last year, although South Africa experienced a fall in project numbers, on the back of cont...
GEPA launches 2017 Non-Traditional Export Performance statistics and Buyer Portal
22 Oct 18 NewsUnder the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) hosted the 78th National Exporters’ Forum, an interactive platform for disco...
Intra-Africa trade and tariff profiles
22 Oct 18 PublicationsAs Africa moves towards implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, signed in Kigali, Rwanda in March 2018, tralac has prepared a series of indivi...
Guinea: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
21 Oct 18 InfographicsThis Trade Data Update provides an overview of Guinea’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual African ...
Intra-African Trade – focusing on trade within Regional Economic Communities
17 Oct 18 PublicationsIntra-African trade is low (at 16.7% according to 2016 tralac analysis) compared to intra-regional trade in other parts of the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...
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03 Oct 18 NewsNigeria: ‘Economy losing over N6.16tr from Apapa chaos monthly’ (Guardian)
The Nigerian economy is currently losing about N600 billion in customs revenue, an estimated $10 bil...
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28 Sep 18 NewsSouth Africa’s August 2018 merchandise trade statistics show a R8.79 billion surplus from an upwardly revised R5.29 billion deficit in July and above market expectations. “We e...
South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for August 2018
28 Sep 18 NewsSouth African trade balance swings to surplus in August
South Africa’s trade balance shifted to a R8.79 billion surplus in August of 2018 from an upwardly revised R5.29 billion ...
WTO agriculture talks: Members evaluate negotiating submissions, eyeing 2020 Ministerial
28 Sep 18 NewsThe WTO’s agriculture negotiations resumed last week after the organisation’s annual August hiatus. While the discussions were mainly limited to reviewing negotiating submissio...
WTO downgrades outlook for global trade as risks accumulate
28 Sep 18 NewsEscalating trade tensions and tighter credit market conditions in important markets will slow trade growth for the rest of this year and in 2019, WTO economists expect.
Trade will...
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27 Sep 18 NewsManagement of Africa’s global position must change: Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s UNGA address
Let me start with a paradox. In no other region is the sense of trans-nat...
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25 Sep 18 NewsProfiled African trade and regional integration events now underway:
In Windhoek: preparatory meetings for the joint meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for ICT, Information, Tr...
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21 Sep 18 NewsThe ATPC’s David Luke: The ECA has received requests from a dozen countries and/or RECs for support in developing an AfCFTA country strategy
Potential of manufacturing and indus...
Rwanda’s agricultural exports grow by 44% to over Rwf447b
21 Sep 18 NewsRwanda’s agricultural exports generated over $515.9 million (over Rwf447 billion) in a period of one year from July 2017 to June 2018, representing an increase of 44.73 per ...
WTO members review Seychelles’ accession to the SADC Trade Protocol
20 Sep 18 NewsWorld Trade Organisation members reviewed Seychelles’ accession to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade protocol at the 18 September 2018 meeting of the Commit...
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19 Sep 18 NewsProfiled African trade and investment events to diarise:
The NEPAD Agency is organizing three events next week in New York, on the margins of the UN General Assembly debate
First...