African Continental Free Trade Area: Towards the finalization of modalities on goods

On 21 March 2018 in Kigali, 44 member States of the African Union signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). An additional 6 member States of the African Union signed the Kigali Declaration by which they committed to sign the Agreement of the African Continental Free Trade Area once they had undertaken necessary national consultations.

One of the key steps beyond the ratification of the Agreement is to prepare and submit tariff offers, under the modalities on goods, that will determine the liberalization efforts to be undertaken between the States parties to the Agreement.