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Namibia-Zimbabwe Bilateral Trade Agreement

  1. The Trade Agreement between Namibia and Zimbabwe was signed on 17 August 1992 and entered into force on 30 April 1993, this agreement was amended on 28 October 2008.
  2. The agreement with Zimbabwe provides for reciprocal duty-free market access for goods wholly obtained in the other party.
  3. Manufactured goods qualify for duty-free treatment if they have at least 25% local content, and the last process of manufacture (which must take place in one of the parties) is substantial and sufficient to change the nature of the product and give it a new, essential, and distinct characteristic and the final process presents a completely new product or at least an important stage in the manufacturing process. In contrast, the product-specific rules of origin of the SADC Trade Protocol require a change of tariff heading or regional content of 35% to 40%.
  4. Eligible goods under this PTA include agricultural products, minerals, fish and other marine products and industrial.
  5.  Determination of local content for the manufactured goods are based on Annex A to the Agreement.
  6. To qualify for such duty free treatment, the goods shall be accompanied by a certificate of origin.
  7. The PTA was jointly notified by the Parties to the WTO in 2021 in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT.

More details about the Namibia- Zimbabwe bilateral agreement can be found at.