Trading up: Harnessing the AfCFTA for growth in Uganda
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Edwards-and-Conron-Policy-brief-March-2022.pdf
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- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a promising offer of continent-wide market access for Uganda.
- However, these gains are not guaranteed, and the benefits of the AfCFTA also come with increased competition for Uganda’s exports.
- Using a sample of large geographically dispersed African countries, our modelling estimates a net reduction in exports of around $2 million per year if tariff reductions are the sole instrument of the AfCFTA.
- But this result reverses if liberalisation is accompanied by a programme of trade facilitation measures, with exports predicted to increase by 3% ($91 million), accompanied by higher customs revenue.