With less than a month to the African Continental Free Trade Area coming into effect, the East African Community submitted its tariff offer on December 3, beating the December 5 deadline.

EAC’s tariff offer now brings the number of countries to 40 that are ready to join the continent-wide duty-free quota-free movement of goods on January 1, when trading under the AfCFTA agreement starts.

For more information, please see https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/eac-beats-afcfta-tariff-offer-deadline-3220910