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What is the SADC trade agreement all about?
The objectives of the SADC trade agreement are:
- To further liberalise intra-regional trade in goods and services on the basis of fair, mutually equitable and beneficial trade arrangements, complemented by Protocols in other areas
- To ensure efficient production within SADC reflecting the current and dynamic comparative advantages of its Members
- To contribute towards the improvement of the climate for domestic, cross-border and foreign investment
- To enhance the economic development, diversification and industrialisation of the Region
- To establish a Free Trade Area in the SADC Region
More specifically, the agreement aims to:
- Eliminate barriers to intra-SADC trade
- Eliminate import duties based on a phased approach
- Eliminate all export duties
- Eliminate non-tariff barriers
- Apply no new quantitative import restrictions
- Eliminate quantitative export restrictions
More information about the SADC trade agreement
Where can I learn more about the SADC trade agreement?
SADC website
The SADC Trade Agreement - SARS
Consolidated text of the SADC Free Trade Agreement
SADC: Parliament told trade agreements still a long way off
SADC Heads of State to launch Free Trade Area
SADC - Wikipedia
SADC Trade
SADC trade agreement registration
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