EnterUganda

. Kampala, Uganda.

Import and Export in Uganda:

In terms of exports and imports, few countries in Africa provide the sort of strategic location that Uganda offers to the investors. The country is located at the heart of East and Central Africa, a region that includes some of Africa's most economically important countries.

Uganda is a member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States (COMESA), a reign with a market of over 300 million people and bringing together 20 countries. As a trading bloc, COMESA imports more than US$17 billion and exports over US$13 billion worth of goods each year.

Investors in COMESA countries like Uganda enjoy preferential treatment for their intra-COMESA exports by way of reduced tariffs. The target is to reduce tariffs for intra-regional exports to zero by the year 2,000.

Uganda is also a member of the East African Cooperation bringing together Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

In terms of international market access, Uganda offers the prospective investor preferential access to the European Union and United States of America for a number of exports.

Uganda has also signed bilateral trade and investment promotion agreements to promote export and import with the United Kingdom, Italy, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Egypt, India, China, Germany, the Netherlands and many other countries.