Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298372 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 02/2024
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
South Africa-Africa trade was examined for 2001-2021 and results show that Africa is an important market for South Africa's manufactured products and there is ease of market access for these products; its trade with Africa is highly complementary; and it has strong trade linkages with Africa's regional groups. Current South Africa-Africa trade is a foundation South Africa could utilise to consolidate, broaden and strengthen its role in intra-Africa trade with the AfCFTA in place as more complementary trade opportunities emerge; markets open more and current trade linkages with regional groups strengthen as trade barriers are reduced further; and regional value chains and production clusters initiatives emerge as market access improves with new and dynamic comparative advantages emerging.
Subjects: 
Revealed trade barrier index
Trade complementarity
Trade intensity
JEL: 
F12
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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