estimations show that the coefcient estimate for SACU and ECCAS are insignifcant in the long run while SACU, EAC and ECCAS as RECs … show that COMESA has the highest contribution to the global exports, followed by EAC, ECOWAS and SADC with ECCAS and SACU …

effective implementation of the ECCAS FTA. Launched since January 2004, the ECCAS FTA is not yet established: the main reforms … intra-ECCAS trade, following the FTA, is limited by the narrow range of goods produced and exported by members; the fact …