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Côte d'Ivoire – Overview of International Trade Agreements

Côte d'Ivoire is the hub of commercial activities in West Africa. The share of foreign trade in the country's GDP is 65% (World Bank). The country mainly exports food products, including cocoa, coconuts, bananas and fish, refined petroleum, gold and rubber. The main import products are crude oil, rice, frozen fish, medicines, vehicles and machinery.

Côte d'Ivoire is a member of UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union), which applies a Common External Tariff (TEC). It also belongs to the free trade zone . In 2008, Côte d'Ivoire signed a milestone Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), which continues to help the country during its reconstruction phase.

Côte d'Ivoire is also a signatory to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. The country's main export partner is the European Union, which imports 35% of its products (mainly the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany). The next major customers are the United States, Burkina Faso, India and Mali. The three main suppliers of Côte d'Ivoire are the European Union (more than 30%), Nigeria and China.

Côte d'Ivoire's trade balance is structurally positive and this trend is expected to continue over the next few years…

Source:

http://www.expert-comptable-international.info/fr/pays/ivory-coast/echanger-3

http://www.gouv.ci/doc/1515623218NOTE-SITUATION-ECONOMIQUE-CI-2017-2018.pdf

Cooperation for industry, commerce, crafts and the promotion of SMEs

INDUSTRY

  • Technical cooperation agreement between the National Laboratory for Quality Testing, Metrology and Analysis (LANEMA) of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Burkinabè Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Quality (ABNORM)

Partner Country: Burkina Faso

Date signed: 30/07/2014

  • Memorandum of understanding in the areas of commercial, industrial and artisanal cooperation between the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso

Partner Country: Burkina Faso

Date signed: 30/07/2014

  • Memorandum of understanding for economic cooperation between the ministry of trade, craftsmanship and promotion of small and medium enterprises of the republic of Cote d'Ivoire and the ministry of trade, industry & energy of the republic of Korea

Partner Country: Korea

Date signed: 07/10/2014

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cote d'Ivoire (CCI-CI) and the Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture, Industry, Mines and Crafts of Gabon (CCAIMG)

Partner Country: Gabon

Date signed: 27/11/2014

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Ghana in the field of industrial cooperation

Partner Country: Ghana

Date signed: 17/10/2017

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Ghana in the fields of geological and mining cooperation

Partner Country: Ghana

Date signed: 17/10/2017

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Ghana for the establishment of the Ad'hoc Ministerial Committee and the joint technical sub-committee for the eradication of pollution from gold panning activities in the watersheds of the BIA and TANOE rivers

Partner Country: Ghana

Date signed: 17/10/2017

  • Cooperation protocol in the field of hydrocarbons, mines, industry and electric power between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Partner Country: Guinea

Date signed: 05/11/2013

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the field of industrial cooperation

Partner Country: Nigeria

Date signed: 26/04/2016

  • Amendment to the agreement relating to cooperation in the industrial sector and small and medium-sized enterprises, signed on March 5, 2008 in TUNIS, relating to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia

Partner country: Tunisia

Date signed: 01/08/2013

  • Agreement on cooperation in the field of defense industry between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Turkey
  • Partner Country: Turkey
  • Date signed: 29/02/2016

TRADE, CRAFTS AND PROMOTION OF SMES

  • Partnership agreement between the Ivorian federation of SMEs and the Attijariwafabank group

Partner country: Morocco

Date signed: 03/06/2015

  • Bilateral Trade Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Partner Country: Nigeria

Date signed: 01/08/2013

  • Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion and Development of Handicrafts between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia

Partner country: Tunisia

Date signed: 26/04/2016

  • Amendment to the agreement relating to cooperation in the industrial sector and small and medium-sized enterprises, signed on March 5, 2008 in TUNIS, relating to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia

Partner country: Tunisia

Date signed: 26/04/2016

  • Framework agreement for economic, commercial, technical, scientific and cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Partner Country: Mauritania

Date signed: 16/03/2014

  • Multilateral Trade Facilitation Agreement

Partner country: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Date signed: 08/08/2015

  • Agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAf)

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso

  • Headquarters agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

  • Agreement on the promotion and protection of investments between Côte d'Ivoire and Singapore

  • Memorandum of understanding in the commercial field between Côte d'Ivoire and Korea

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and INDIA

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and NIGERIA

  • Memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Mauritania

  • Agreement creating a large joint commission between Côte d'Ivoire and Togo

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Mali

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Niger

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Benin

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Ivory Coast and Egypt

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Libya

  • Memorandum of understanding between the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Morocco on the promotion and development of handicrafts

  • Commercial and pricing agreement

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and the DRC

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and India

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Japan

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and South Korea

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and China

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Hungary

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Ivory Coast and Poland

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Norway

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Romania

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Ivory Coast and Sweden

  • Trade cooperation agreement between the Ivory Coast and Switzerland

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Ivory Coast and Turkey

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Denmark

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Argentina

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Chile

  • Commercial cooperation agreement between the Coast and Brazil

  • Trade cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Israel

  • Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) between Côte d'Ivoire and the EU

  • Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the EU

  • Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the EU

  • ECOWAS Common External Tariff (TEC)

Useful links

http://www.expert-comptable-international.info/fr/pays/ivory-coast/echanger-3

http://www.gouv.ci/doc/1515623218NOTE-SITUATION-ECONOMIQUE-CI-2017-2018.pdf

Contact information

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