Opportunities lost as Botswana misses AGOA train

Friday, April 22, 2016

From over 6,000 eligible products Botswana only exports textiles under AGOA

Despite being regarded as a model of good governance and economic success, Botswana seems to be failing to fully exploit the opportunities presented by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

AGOA is a unilateral trade arrangement by the U.S for African countries. The benefits provided by the scheme have allowed for an average of around 70 percent of all imports from sub-Saharan Africa to enter the U.S duty-free.

Although Botswana has most of the factors that are required to be eligible for AGOA, local businesses are still lagging behind when it comes to international trade, particularly in exporting to the United States of America.

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