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Central African Republic: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
Trade Data Update, Issue No. 23 | September 2018
Area (FTA) were signed in 2004 the FTA is not yet in force; only three of the member states (Cameroon, Congo
and Gabon) have adopted the ECCAS Preferential Tariff for intra-ECCAS trade.
Intra-Africa trade
In 2017, CAR exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$30 million and US$77
million, respectively. Intra-Africa exports accounted for 15% of CAR's total exports and imports for 19% of total
imports for 2017.
Table 1: CAR's intra-Africa export and import products (2017)
Intra-Africa export products
HS
Product description
codes
Intra-Africa import products
2017
% total
intra-Africa
(US$m)
HS
codes
2017
Product description
% total
intra-Africa
(US$m)
exports
imports
8716
Trailers and semi-trailers
5.51
18.60%
2523
Cement
5.39
7.00%
Electric generating sets and
8502
4.87
16.46%
6306
rotary converters
Tarpaulins, awnings and
sunblinds
4.47
5.80%
8704
Goods vehicles
4.71
15.90%
2403
Manufactured tobacco
3.47
4.51%
Soups and broths and
8609
Containers
4.66
15.74%
2104
3.28
4.26%
preparations therefor
8429
Self-propelled construction
Machines and mechanical
2.60
8.80%
8479
3.18
4.13%
machinery (bulldozers etc.)
appliances
Refrigerating or freezing
Food preparations, not
8418
1.41
4.77%
2106
3.17
4.11%
equipment
elsewhere specified
Tarpaulins, awnings and
6306
1.41
4.77%
0202
sunblinds
Meat of bovine animals,
frozen
2.20
2.86%
Motorised armoured fighting
8710
1.04
3.50%
0303
Frozen fish
2.08
2.70%
vehicles
Cane or beet sugar, in solid
6103
Men's or boys' suits
0.85
2.86%
1701
1.89
2.46%
form
4403
Rough wood
0.66
2.23%
1006
Rice
1.62
2.10%
Source: ITC Trade Map (2018). tralac calculations
CAR mainly exports transport equipment and machinery to the rest of Africa; 54% of intra-Africa exports
are transport equipment (including trailers and semi-trailers, goods vehicles, containers and armoured
fighting vehicles) and 31% are machinery (including generators, construction equipment and
refrigeration and freezing equipment).
Other intra-Africa export products are limited and include tarpaulins, awnings and tents; men's and boy's
suits; rough and sawn wood; prepared fish and semi-manufactured gold. The top 10 export products
account for 94% of CAR's exports to the rest of Africa.
Apart from cement; tarpaulins, awnings and tents; manufactured tobacco; and certain machines and
mechanical appliances CAR mainly imports food products from the rest of Africa. These products include
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