EIPA provides assistance to Swazi companies who wish to penetrate external markets through the following services :
- Market entry and industry research and dissemination of relevant export trade information such as unpacking trade agreements and handling trade enquiries
- Export readiness training to cover product development and marketing strategies
- Facilitation of participation in trade missions including trade fairs to establish buyers and trading partners. This is done through Export Marketing Assistance programme (EMAP)
- Inward buyer-seller missions where we host foreign buyers and set up business-to-business (B2B) matchmaking meetings
Trade Markets Where Eswatini Is A Member
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Swaziland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho |
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Eswatini – Republic of China (Taiwan) – Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Eswatini and Taiwan Bilateral Trade agreement |
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Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Swaziland, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Seychelles, DR Congo |
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Swaziland, Angola, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, Rwanda, Egypt, Libya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Congo, Somalia, Sudan, Malawi |
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Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Swaziland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho |
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African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Swaziland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho |
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Economic Partnership Agreement (SADC-EU EPAs)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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EU 27/28 |
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SACU-European Free Trade Association (PTA)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein |
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SACU – MERCOSOUR (PTA)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay |
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Tripartite Free Trade Area (COMESA-EAC-SADC)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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27 countries in COMESA-EAC-SADC |
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African Continental Free Trade area (AfCTA)Tripartite Free Trade Area (COMESA-EAC-SADC)
Countries/Members | Size, Liberalization & Market Access |
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All 54 countries of Africa |
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