Uganda’s Market Access Opportunities Under the AFCFTA Agreement. An Analysis of Export Potential and Job Creation
The brief identifies market access opportunities for Uganda under the AfCFTA, assesses offers and Uganda’s capacities to supply products in the identified markets and estimates the jobs that are likely to be generated because of exploiting the expanded markets.
Findings indicate that, globally, the EAC and COMESA are the leading destinations of Uganda’s exports, accounting for about 35 and 46 percent of the market share. The top products identified include coffee, cement, sugar, tea, maize, palm oil, milk and cream, and iron and steel products, among others. In addition, it was established that exploiting the unrealized export potential under the AfCFTA will generate 217,068 direct jobs and 438,461 indirect jobs.
