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Agreement name:	Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Customs Union
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	21-Oct-2002	Date of notification:	25-Jun-2007
Date of entry into force:	15-Jul-2004	End of implementation period:	2004
Current signatories:	Botswana; Eswatini; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa
Original signatories:	Botswana; Eswatini; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Africa
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	20-Apr-2009

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG231

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG231/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG231/2/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG231/3	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG231/3/Add.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG231/M/1	E F S
General incidence	WT/REG231/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 06/01/2020

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Other Special safeguards
	General Exceptions


	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Document title
SACU