EAST T AFR FRIC ICAN AN CO COMMUN MUNITY ITY TRADE E MISSIO ION OF BUS USINE INESS S WOMEN EN FROM SOUT UTHER HERN N AFRICAN N DEVELOPM LOPMEN ENT T COMMUN UNITY TY (S (SADC) C) TO TO TH THE EAST T AFRICAN AN CO COMMUNITY UNITY (E (EAC) C) th - 28 th September 27 27 th 28 th mber 2012 12 Arusha, ha, T anz nzani ania Syd ydney ey Chib ibba babbuk buka
In Intr troduction oduction of th the EA e EAC Tre reaty aty si signed ned in 19 1999, 99, took effect ect in 20 2000 00 Initi itial al No. of Partner ner States tes – 3 Cur urrent rent No. of Part rtner ner States tes – 5 Cur urrent rent Partner ner States tes Bur urundi undi, Kenya, nya, Rwa wanda, nda, T anzania, nzania, Uganda da Active tive Applicati lications ons South uth Sud udan, n, Et Ethiopia, iopia, Somal malia ia
Quic ick k Fact cts Popul ulati ation on -13 133.1 3.1 Mi Million ion (2 (2010) 010) GDP -$79.2 $79.2 billion ion (2 (2010) 010) GDP P Per Capita ita – USD68 685 5 (2 (2010) 010) Area a -1. 1.82 82 million lion sq sq. . km Offici cial al Langua uage ge - English ish Lingua gua Franca nca - Swa wahi hili li
Objecti ectives ves of of th the EAC Wide den n and Deepe epen Cooperation peration in Politic ical Economic nomic Social ial and Cul ultura tural l Fields lds Rese searc rch h and T ech echnolog logy y Defen ence ce Securit curity, , Legal al and Jud udicia icial l Affairs rs
Sta tages s of of In Inte tegrat gration ion Monetar etary y Cus ustoms toms Comm mmon on Politi itical cal Union on Union on Market Ma et Fede derati ration on
Objecti ectives ves of of th the Cu Customs toms Unio ion a) Fur urthe ther r liberali eralise se intra-re regio gional nal trade de in goods s on a) the e basi sis s of mut utually ually benefici neficial l trade de arrangements ngements among ng the e Part rtner ner States tes; b) Promote ote efficie icienc ncy in production uction wi withi hin n the e b) Community mmunity; ; Enhance ance dome mestic stic, , cross ss borde der r and forei eign gn c) c) investm vestmen ent t in the e Community mmunity; ; and d) Promote ote economic onomic devel velopm pment ent and diversif ersific ication tion d) in indus ustri trialis alisation tion in the e Comm mmunit unity. .
Sco cope of of Co Coop opera eration tion in in th the Co Comm mmon on Mark rket “The provisions of the Protocol apply to any activity un undertak ertaken en in cooperation peration by the e Partner ner States tes to achieve ieve the e fre ree e moveme vement nt of goods, s, pers rsons ons, , labour ur, se services vices and capital tal and to ensure sure the e enjoyme oyment nt of the e rights ts of est stablishment ablishment and resi sidenc dence e of thei eir r nationals within the Community” by among ng othe her r activi ivitie ties Ea Easi sing ng cross ss-borde rder r move vement ment of pers rsons ons and event ventually ually adopting pting an Integ tegrate rated d Border rder Ma Manageme gement nt Syst stem em
Cu Cust stoms oms In Instrume truments nts and In Init itiat iatives ives for or Prom omoti oting ng Tra rade Rules es of Origin igin A m mechan hanis ism used ed to determi ermine e the countr untry y of origin igin of produc ducts s for purposes oses of in internat ernatio iona nal l trade. de. Modes es of authentication entication a) Certifi ificate cate of Origin igin a) A printe nted d form, m, completed mpleted by the e exporte orter r or its s agent nt and certifi rtified ed by y an iss ssui uing ng body, , attesting testing that t the e goods s in a particu ticular lar export ort sh shipm pment ent have ve been en wh wholly lly produ duced, ced, manufactu ufacture red d or proces cesse sed d in a particu ticula lar r coun untr try
Rules les of of Ori rigin in – Cont’d b) Sim implifie ified d Certific ificat ate e of Orig igin in b) Sim imil ilar ar to the main in certi rtific icat ate e of origin igin. . Onl nly y applic icabl able e to goods ods of a value e not exceedin ceeding g US USD20 D2000 00 Partne ner r States s have developed eloped lis ists s of common only ly traded ded goods ods. . Lis ists s are avail ilable able at Custom oms s offices ices Re Re-exp xport orts s not eligible igible under r the Sim implified ified Certific tificat ate e of Origin igin regim gime Certifi ificate cate is issued sued at the exit xit/entr /entry y poin ints ts
Eli limi mination nation of of No Non- T arif riff f Barr rrie iers rs EAC C has developed veloped a Tim ime-Boun Bound d Prog ogram ramme me for the elim imin inat ation ion non-tar ariff iff barri rriers ers Exa xamples les of Non- T arif ariff f Barri rriers ers Congest gestion ion at the Ports ts of Mombas asa a and Dar Lack k of harmon onis ised ed im import/ rt/exp xport ort procedures ocedures Requir ireme ements ts for transit sit bonds nds Varyi ying ng proce cedure dures s for Bureau eau of standa ndard rds Numerous ous police ice road ad blocks ocks Non recogniti cognition on of SPS Certifi ificates cates Levying ying of ext xtra ra charg rges es Numerous ous weig ighbrid hbridges ges
EAC C JU JUA KALI LI/NG /NGUVU UVU KAZI ZI EXH XHIBI IBITION TION Exh xhibitio ibition organ anis ised ed by y the EAC Secret cretariat, ariat, Partne ner r States es and the East t African ican Confed ederat eratio ion of Inform rmal al Sector tor Orga ganis nisat ation ions s (C (CISO) ) Hosted ted annually lly on rotat ation ion by y Partner tner States es Aim imed d at promoting oting the in inform ormal al sector ctor products, ducts, transfer sfer of technologi nologies es and promotion otion of in integrati gration on Exp xperts rts provid ide e profess fessio ional al advice ice to exh xhib ibitors itors
Th The Tri riparti rtite te FTA COMESA, A, EAC & S SADC (Member (M ers s 26; 6; Popula latio tion 853 3 mil illion ion) ) Negot Ne gotiati iations ons to establ ablis ish a T Tripart ipartite ite Free e Trade de Area a are under erway ay Expect ected ed Benefit efits Big igger ger market et wit ith a s sin ingle gle economic nomic space ce Address dress the multip iple le (s (spaghett ghetti) i) membershi ership of Co Countrie ntries s to RECs Cs Contribute ribute to th the broa oader der object jectives ives of th the AU on on economic onomic in integrat gratio ion and in infrast astructure ructure developm elopmen ent
One-Stop top Bord rder er Posts ts - OSBPs Definiti inition on of the Concep cept An in integrat grated ed borde rder r sys ystem em under er the OSBP P model el aim ims to bring ing togeth ther er all the borde rder r agenc ncie ies s for im improved oved effici icien encie cies s throug ugh h stream eamlin lined, ed, coordi oordinated nated and nd harmoni onised sed operat ration ions. s. Traveller ellers s from om eit ither er sid ide e of the bord rder er are require quired d to make only y one stop at a border rder to conduct nduct their ir clearance earance and transit sit formal alitie ities. s.
OSBPs s – Cont’d Benef nefit its s to trade de To reduce duce transit sit tim imes s for traders ders and transp nsporter orters s leading ding to more effect ective ive use of availabl ilable e resou sourc rces es and asset sets s at a l lower er cost st. To im improv ove e competi etitivenes iveness s for goods ods in in the regi gion on due to reduced duced process ocessin ing g tim imes s at the bord rder er whic ich h are e assu sumed ed to trans nslat late e in into reduced duced costs. sts. To enhance ance the reliab iabili ility y of the supply ly chain in through ugh stream eamlined lined and nd harmon onised ised procedur ocedures es resulting ulting in in predic dictab able le movemen ents s of cargo rgo.
OSBPs s – Cont’d Benef efits its to trade de To develop velop better er operat ration ional al contr trols ls throug ough shared red and nd im improv oved ed exchange change of in inform rmat ation ion among ng age genci ncies. es. To im improv ove e revenue enue collect llectio ions s at the border rder through ugh a faster er turn-ar around ound tim ime for trans nsport orters. ers.
T yp ypes s of of OSBPs Juxt xtap apose osed d Model el One Stop Border Posts
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