Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area

The SADC Free Trade Area entered into force in 2007. The agreement fully or partially eliminates import tariff for most energy products and technologies, including: 

• Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
• Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
• Motor vehicles; 
• Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
• Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
• Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
• Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 

Rules of origin include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 15 per cent of the ex-works price of the product to benefit from preferential tariff treatment.

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