The National Approval Committee from each ECOWAS Member states helps to ensure the Conformity of Enterprise and products to the ECOWAS Rules of Origin through the technical screening via the approval procedure. However, in practice this procedure proves cumbersome
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) is the tool that aims at the operationalization of the Free Trade Area (FTA) through the elimination of customs duties and taxes with equivalent effect on the importation of products recognized as originating in
The ECOWAS Commission, through the GIZ supported Trade Facilitation West Africa Programme, conducted training and sensitization workshops on the 4 – 6 of June 2019 at Viepraia Hotel, Praia, Cape Verde. The major objective of the workshop was to create