Ghana to ban Nigerian poultry imports Ghana is considering a temporal ban of Nigerian poultry products from following reports of rising cases of avian flu in the neighbouring country. 10/03/2015
Nigeria, Largest Market In West Africa – AfDB Report According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria has great potential to be a main driver of regional integration considering its population. 10/03/2015
Women traders’ lack of funding saddens Chirwa Lack of access to finance is a major hindrance for women cross-border traders to expand their businesses, says Comesa trade policy analyst John Chi... 10/03/2015
East Africa: 15% growth through eliminating Non-Tariff Barriers Speaking at the 16th EAC Regional Forum on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), Peter Kiguta, the Director General Customs and Trade at the EAC Secretariat... 27/01/2015
New COMESA guidelines on merger assessment COMESA Competition Commission (CCC), established by the Competition Regulations of COMESA ("Rules") which is responsible for promoting co... 27/01/2015
AGOA access for Swaziland and Madagascar reviewed In June 2014 the US government announced the reinstatement of Madagascar on the list of beneficiaries of the US African Growth and Opportunity Act... 17/08/2014
Analysis throws light on the differential impact on companies of increased costs of accessing EU markets The Commonwealth Secretariat has published a report in its Trade Hot Topics series that explores the implications and subsequent costs of the possi... 10/08/2014
Review of India’s LDC scheme highlights the importance of product coverage, SPS requirements and rules of origin The duty-free preferential import scheme announced by India in April 2008 became fully operational in October 2012. The scheme offers duty-free acc... 20/07/2014
Ghana to establish an International Trade Commission The government of Ghana has announced that it intends “to establish a Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC)” empowered to “take advantage of... 23/04/2014
New EU GSP comes into effect The new Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) agreed by the EU in 2012 came into effect on 1 January 2014. ACP states will be affected both indir... 08/02/2014