South Africa-Africa trade: Continental Free Trade Area

Tsitsi Effie Mutambara

Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2024, vol. 67, issue 3, 42-71

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Trade complementarity; Revealed trade barrier index; Trade intensity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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