Investor Presentaiton
No. 23
2018
Central African Republic: Intra-
Africa trade and tariff profile
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TRADE DATA UPDATE
This Trade Data Update provides an overview of the Central African Republic's (CAR's) intra-African trade
relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual African countries;
the top import and export products traded; and applicable tariffs. Data is sourced from the UN International
Trade Centre (ITC) TradeMap and World Trade Organisation (WTO) Tariff databases. The update is accompanied
by a visual representation of key data and trends in an infographic.
Regional Economic Communities
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The Central African Republic (CAR) belongs to three Regional Economic Communities (RECs) – the Community of
Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), and the
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
CEN-SAD currently has 24 member states (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory
Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia) aspiring to the establishment of an Economic Union
which includes the free movement of goods, services and commodities. In 2013 a revised CEN-SAD Treaty was
approved, aimed at revitalising the region. The revised Treaty focuses on cooperation activities to foster peace,
security and sustainable development and measures to adapt to climate change but has not yet entered into
force, consequently there is currently no free trade agreement in place.
CEMAC has six member states (Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo and Equatorial Guinea)
which are all part of the CEMAC free trade area with a common external tariff (CET) applied to trade from outside
CEMAC and a zero-rated generalised preferential tariff applicable to intra-CEMAC trade.
The ECCAS member states are Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo, DRC, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and São Tomé and Principe. Although the legal instruments of the ECCAS Free Trade
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