According to a report issued by the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) on Egypt’s foreign trade performance between January and September 2025, non-oil exports rose by 21%, ...

South Africa has intensified efforts to expand its export footprint across Africa and beyond, following a successful Export Symposium and Expo. The expo was hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This paper discusses the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade as the legal instrument adopted ...

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Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In this Trade Brief we discuss some key developments and events (some quite recent) which we ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. As the drive to achieve net zero intensifies, the demand for critical minerals, essential ...

Rules of Origin (RoO) are the administrative rules and criteria used to determine the origin status of products that are traded across borders. This is an important consideration in trade, as ...

Algeria is a member of the GAFTA, a free trade area that consists of 14 members spanning North Africa and the Middle East. While it is not an African regional economic community, Algeria’s GAFTA ...

Fifty-four African Union (AU) member states have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement (only Eritrea has not [1]) and 47 have ratified it. [2] At present, the Non-State ...

African economic integration has a long history. Both the African Union (AU) and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was Africa’s first post-independence continental ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pdf Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade(201 KB) (the ‘Protocol’) aims to enhance the involvement of women and youth within the AfCFTA. It outlines ...