Ghana's Dokua Asiamah-Adjei says countries eligible for AGOA are unaware of benefits offered.
are unaware of the benefits offered by this preferential trade deal. That’s according to Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei.
Many businesses in over 30 countries in the Sub-Saharan region which are eligible to participate in the African Growth and Opportunities Act cannot take advantage of this opportunity. This as they struggle to meet the conditions for export to the US.Access to information is one of the issues that hamper these businesses.“We want to have access to the finished products and the AGOA product protocols as well as expanding what we were originally.
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