Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) entered into force on July 1993, gradually eliminating import duties and other non-tariff barriers to trade for most energy products and technologies, including: 

• Agglomerated and reduced iron;
• Alumina and Scrap metal;
• Ammonia; 
• Crude steel and Aluminium;
• Solar PV modules, Solar wafers, and Solar cells; 
• Polysilicon, Battery packs and battery cells;
• Electrolysers and Heat pumps;
• Electric vehicles and ICE cars;

The Agreement also establishes common external tariffs for goods imported in the Economic Community. Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations , and goods not wholly produced in one of the signatory countries to benefit from preferential tariff treatment. 

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