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South Africa-Africa trade: Continental Free Trade Area

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South Africa-Africa trade was examined for 2001-2021 and results show that Africa is an important market for South Africa’s manufactured products and there is ease of market access for these products; its trade with Africa is highly complementary; and it has strong trade linkages with Africa’s regional groups. Current South Africa-Africa trade is a foundation South Africa could utilise to consolidate, broaden and strengthen its role in intra-Africa trade with the AfCFTA in place as more complementary trade opportunities emerge; markets open more and current trade linkages with regional groups strengthen as trade barriers are reduced further; and regional value chains and production clusters initiatives emerge as market access improves with new and dynamic comparative advantages emerging.

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  • Tsitsi Effie Mutambara, 2024. "South Africa-Africa trade: Continental Free Trade Area," Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Economics and Econometrics Society, vol. 67(3), pages 42-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:eei:journl:v:67:y:2024:i:3:p:42-71
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    Keywords

    Trade complementarity; Revealed trade barrier index; Trade intensity.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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