African Economic Blocs Adopt Measures to Decrease Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Three African economic blocs recently adopted guidelines to decrease supply chain disruption and improve trade and transport services to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Aug. 11 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The…
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guidelines -- adopted by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community -- will give priority to the movements of agricultural, hygiene, medical and fuel products, the HKTDC said. The measures will also standardize screening and testing requirements for drivers at border checkpoints and encourage member states to waive port and border handling fees for essential goods. The guidelines are meant to harmonize procedures among the member states of the three economic blocs, which each have their own “distinct” set of regulations, and in some cases, membership in more than one bloc, the report said.