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• Handicrafts are among the hundreds of products accepted under AGOA

The new African Growth and Opportunity Act

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was first authorised in the United States (US) Congress in 2000, to promote export-led economic growth and development of sub-Saharan African countries and to improve US Commercial engagements with the region. 

It is the cornerstone of the US-Africa economic partnership providing approximately 6,000 products from sub-Saharan Africa with a quota and duty-free access to the American market. 

AGOA is a non-reciprocal and unilateral preference programme that provides duty-free access into the United States for qualifying exports from eligible African countries. In addition to the tariff preference, the legislation also requires a mandatory annual meeting between the United States and African governments to discuss trade and economic issues, known as the AGOA Forum. The 2015 Forum is to be held in Gabon. Countries are also expected to meet specific eligibility requirements to qualify for AGOA.  

The programme is also s

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