Congo: Experts receive training to remove barriers to sub-regional trade

Abstract

A training workshop for members of the National Approval Committee and economic stakeholders in the Republic of Congo on the procedures for accrediting their industrial products into the ECCAS-CEMAC Harmonized Preferential Tariff regime, in Brazzaville. The activity is part of a contribution agreement signed by the European Union (EU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for the further harmonization of ECCAS and CEMAC trade policy instruments. The training will therefore enable Congolese companies to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the approximately 170 million-strong community market of the sub-region, which will extend to the rest of Africa with the advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).