http://hdl.handle.net/11671/2 2021-09-22T05:28:58Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24265 EAC Common External Tariff: Annex 1 to the EAC Customs Union Protocol. EAC Pgs. 470 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24264 Common External Tariff 2007 Version EAC Pgs. 466 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24261 The Business Climax Index Survey 2008. East African Business Council (EABC); The steadman Group Pgs. 29, col. tables, graphs and charts 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24260 The Business Climate Index 2008 East African Business Council (EABC) Pgs. 4 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24257 Common External Tariff 2012 Version. EAC pgs. 482, with tables 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24256 Regional Trade Integration in East Africa: Trade and Revenue Impacts of the Planned East African Community Customs Union Castro, Lucio; Kraus, Christiane; Manuel de la Rocha The paper provides empirical estimates for import and revenue implications that would follow implementation of the planned customs union between the East African Community member states Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We use 2002 trade and trade policy data for the three countries to simulate the effect of the common external tariff and other trade policy changes that will follow the customs union implementation on import flows and customs revenue. We also discuss customs exemptions and the effect of the customs union implementation on balance of payments. Pgs. 61, with tables. includes bibliographic references 2004-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24255 The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa Manuel de la Rocha1 Sub Regional Trade Arrangements (RTA) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion. These arrangements are characterized by their multiple and overlapping membership, complex structures, and eventually conflicting and confusing commitments. The influence of RTAs has been limited to assisting the region in increasing trade, attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing growth, and achieving convergence among the member countries. However, despite all their limitations, RTAs have the potential, if properly designed and effectively implemented, to be an important instrument to assist the member countries with their integration into global markets. In 1998, most of the Southern African countries, as members of the Africa Caribbean Pacific group (ACP), signed the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union which includes the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and ACP. The Cotonou Agreement explicitly leaves to the ACP countries to decide the level and procedures of the EPA trade negotiations taking into account the regional integration process. This, in turn raises the question of how to decide on the groupings in the context of the conflicting regional trade agendas. This paper argues that the Cotonou Agreement and EPA negotiations could become the external driving force that will push the regional organizations to rationalize and harmonize their regional trade arrangements, thus strengthening the regional integration process and economies of the region, and assisting the ESA Region in becoming a more active partner in the global economy. Pgs. 26, with tables and graph. includes bibliographic references 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24254 Tariff Liberalisation Impacts of the EAC Customs Union in Perspective Michael Stahl, Heinz This paper analyses the impacts of the EAC Customs Union (CU) Protocol which entered into force on 1 January 2005, after its ratification by the EAC Partner States – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC common external tariff took effect on 1 January 2005; at the same date, tariffs on intra-EAC trade were partially liberalised and will be fully eliminated by end 2009. The analysis of the impacts of EAC CET and intra-EAC tariff liberalisation reveals that the CET effects strongly dominate. Impacts of intra-EAC tariff liberalisation and associated welfare effects of EAC regional integration will, therefore, be relatively small. The relevance of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to EAC trade and EAC’s strategies to eliminate them are analysed. NTBs are considered clearly more critical obstacles to enhance EAC trade, than tariffs. Policies to address them effectively are considered a prerequisite to reap EAC-CU welfare gains. The paper concludes that EAC CU benefits will not be evenly distributed among EAC Partner States. It recommends EAC should implement compensatory policies to address, in particular, supply constraints and infrastructure bottlenecks in the Partner States less benefited by the CU to ensure the stability of the Community. Pgs. 42, with tables. includes footnoted and bibliographic references 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24253 Implications of Rwanda's accession to the East African Community. Sezibera, Richard Dr. Amb. Pgs.32, includes col. graphs, charts 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11671/24252 The impact of tariff reductions under the East African Community Customs Union: Intra-trade effects on Uganda∗ Khorana, Sangeeta; Kimbugwe, Kato; Perdikis, Nicholas Regional trade arrangements have become a popular vehicle for the promotion of trade and growth. This is particularly so in Africa where a number of over lapping arrangements have come into existence. In East Africa the previously defunct East Africa Customs Union has been resurrected to improve trade between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. To facilitate the development of the East African Community, transitional arrangements have been put in place to liberalise inter and intra-regional trade. Using a partial equilibrium model, this paper examines the implications of the transitional measures for products sensitive from the Ugandan perspective. The simulation results question the underlying rationale for these arrangements. It discusses whether they confer any real benefits on the stakeholders and suggests alternative approaches that may increase the benefits for Uganda from trade liberalisation within the customs union. Pgs. 27, with tables, includes bibliographic references 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z