Botswana Trade Agreements Lower Tariffs, Faster Customs

Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Partner Countries: South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini
Year Implemented: 1910 (Current version 2002)
This agreement facilitates the free movement of goods and establishes a common external tariff among member nations.

SADC Free Trade Area (SADC FTA)
Partner Countries: Multiple Southern African Development Community members
Year Implemented: 2008
This agreement aims to create a regional integrated market by eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers between member states.

SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Partner Country: European Union
Year Implemented: 2016
This agreement provides Botswana with duty-free and quota-free access for its exports to the European Union market.

SACU-EFTA Free Trade Agreement
Partner Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland
Year Implemented: 2008
This agreement provides preferential market access for industrial and agricultural goods between SACU and the European Free Trade Association states.

SACU-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement
Partner Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Year Implemented: 2016
This agreement provides fixed tariff preferences on specifically listed products traded between the two regions.

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Partner Countries: Majority of African Union member states
Year Implemented: 2021
This agreement seeks to create a single continental market for goods and services to enhance intra-African trade.

SACUM-UK Economic Partnership Agreement
Partner Country: United Kingdom
Year Implemented: 2021
This agreement ensures the continuity of preferential trade terms between Botswana and the UK following the UK's departure from the European Union.