Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement should boost trade among African Continental Free Trade Area members
| dc.creator | de Melo, Jaime | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-27T16:06:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-02-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of the African Continental Free Trade Area is to eliminate trade barriers and boost intra-Africa trade. This column argues that implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement's provisions would be a powerful complement to the free trade area's tariff-reduction agenda. A realistic implementation of TFA measures could reduce time in customs for imports by 2.7 days for exports by 1.7 days. These reductions in time translate into a tariff ad-valorem equivalent reduction in the range 3.6-7% for imports and an 8.1% extra growth for exports. | |
| dc.identifier.other | hal-04478013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hal.science/hal-04478013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/4795 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | African Research | |
| dc.title | Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement should boost trade among African Continental Free Trade Area members | |
| dc.type | Academic Publication |