Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297826 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
FERDI Policy Brief No. B264
Publisher: 
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI), Clermont-Ferrand
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.
Subjects: 
Africa
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs)
AfCFTA
Document Type: 
Research Report

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