
The focus is on shielding certain goods and partially protecting others from free trade as part measures towards maintaining a certain level of stability in fiscal income, food security and the promotion of industrialisation. (Image source: Jason Goh/Pixabay)
Central African countries were recently urged to align their external trade data classification system, with the 2017 World Customs Organization’s Harmonised System (HS17) for identifying products which will be categorised as ‘free,’ ‘sensitive’ and ‘excluded’ within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regime