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81304845-Expert Pool for the Support of Capacity Development in selected value chains to seize opportunities from EPA

Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Published
15 November 2024
Place of performance
Lesotho
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
00697323-2024
Reference
6795c482-9371-493c-a2ed-6467ed495a4c
Official source
Official source

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Description

The EU-SADC EPA was signed in 2016 to cover trade in goods between 27 EU member states and six SADC countries. The agreement provides SADC member states with 100% duty-free and quota-free market access into Europe for all originating products, while South Africa has 98.7% market access. Since the signing of EU-SADC EAP, Lesotho developed a National EPA Implementation Plan (NEIP) to support value chain development, using international standards, strong marketing strategies and trade promotion. The NEIP identifies the need to support training of the relevant stakeholders in the sectors covered under the agreement. However, the country has not taken full advantage of the opportunities offered by the EPAs, and its trade with other SADC member states is very limited. For instance, most of Lesotho"s exports are textile and apparel products, with a large share of them destined for the USA under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Another considerable share of textiles and apparel are exported to South Africa under the SACU. Lesotho"s exports to the EU are almost exclusively dominated by diamonds (DG TRADE). It is against this background that the EU and the BMZ are supportin…

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Awards

Awarded toAmountDate
GFA Consulting Group GmbH €1,111,040

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