WTO Trade Facilitation Measures and the Extensive Margin of Exports in the Tripartite: COMESA – EAC – SADC
Date
2021-08
Authors
Roland, Leudjou Njiteu Rostant
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African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
This study uses a gravity model for the year 2015 to analyze the impact of
the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on
extensive margin of exports (export diversification proxied by the number of
products exported) by the Tripartite (COMESA, EAC and SADC) country members.
It appears that all trade facilitation measures (except “fees and charges”) have
a positive and significant effect on export diversification irrespective of the
type of product or trading partner. “Appeal procedures” (the rights to traders
to obtain review and correction of decisions made by Customs officials in an