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Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in East Africa: A profile

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  • Ayoki, Milton

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This paper documents the typology, forms, and scope of non-tariff trade barriers (NTBs) in East Africa (EAC). It finds evidence that reveal inefficiencies and delays at port and customs, transport delays, multiple transit fees, restricted axle load limits and too many weigh bridges and police road blocks, import and export inspection and certification procedures, arbitrary use of rules of origin and arbitrary interpretation of standards and SPS requirements, and infrastructure constraints as major obstacles to the flow of trade in East African community. They elevate the cost of trading across borders, and severely impair export competitiveness especially of the landlocked EAC members.

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  • Ayoki, Milton, 2008. "Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in East Africa: A profile," MPRA Paper 80963, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Ayoki, Milton & Obwona, Marios, 2005. "Illicit Trade in East Africa: What Do We Really Know?," MPRA Paper 80128, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Dec 2009.
    2. World Bank, 2007. "Options for Strengthening East African Community's Trade Integration," World Bank Publications - Reports 7918, The World Bank Group.
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    1. Ayoki, Milton, 2005. "Trade, informality and the policy process in Uganda," MPRA Paper 101790, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 18 Dec 2009.

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    Keywords

    Non tariff barriers; Trade Policies; intra-EAC trade; EAC trade corridors; East Africa Community.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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