Special economic zones will be rolled out in six months to replace export processing zones which have been facing hitches.

With the recently held Fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and China's 10 billion dollar pledge for Africa, the pundits and the media are questioning the relationship.

A meeting between Abera Deressa (PhD), state minister for Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD), and meat exporters ended in disagreement over low meat export.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Government remains committed to providing more educational facilities towards quality education in Liberia. Government has made some progress, the President said, but acknowledged that there is still more to be done.

New efficient border posts being considered by the EAC, SADC and Comesa blocs will significantly reduce the cost of cross-border trade.

In 2002, the total trade volume between China and Tanzania came to USD 128 million, of which China's export was USD 121 million and import USD6.62 million.

The deadlock in trade negotiations between the EU and South Africa that threatened to break the world's oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is set to ease off, thanks to progress being made in ironing out differences

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) member states have opened the first-ever one stop border post (OSBP) facility that will increase the region's trade and reduce

Tanzania sold 2,031 tonnes of maize to Kenya in October and 1,433 tonnes the previous month. However, Tanzania imported large quantities of rice from Kenya and Uganda.

THERE is a market for Ugandan products if the quality is good, the assistant executive director of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has said.

CHILLI coming from Uganda will soon be banned from the European Union (EU), the amount of pesticide residues is far beyond the acceptable level of 0.05 by the EU food authorities.

The Minister, Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday disclosed plans to partner with Chris Aire to create a jewellry line which would be made from local gemstones to make Nigeria a global market of gemstones.

Kenya urgently needs legislation to fight human trafficking, an aid agency says.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) said it has generated over N36 billion between September and November. The Customs Area Comptroller (CAC) Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) Ahmed H. Aliu, said this at the weekend in

The Doha agreement which sought to end trade barriers among members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may end next year, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Achike Udenwa has said.