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Table 6. CBI Countries: Summary of Tariff System in Place Compared to Road Map Objectives (As at end-December 1998)

Road Map Objective/ Country	Minimum/ Maximum Rate (to be between 20—25 percent) 1/ (Import tariff)	Harmonize External Tariffs by Having Not More Than Three NonZero Rates 1/	Incorporate Other Duties and Charges into Tariff 1/	Eliminate Tariffs on Intra- CBI Trade 1/ (preference margin - percent) 10/	Lower Average of Tariff to no more than 15 percent 1/ 11/ Trade weight Unweighted

1. Burundi	10/100	5	No	60	...	35
2. Comoros	0/40	3	No	70	...	30
3. Kenya	0/25	3	No	80	12.3 ^8/	18.4
4. Madagascar	10/30	3	No	80 ^2/	...	18 ^13/
5. Malawi ^9/	10/30	4	Yes	70	...	15.8
6. Mauritius	0/80	8	No	70	n.a.	29.1
7. Namibia	0/75	multiple ^14/	No	None	...	15.1
8. Rwanda	10/40	3	No	60	...	11.3
9. Seychelles	0/200 ^5/	9 ^5/	Yes	None ^3/	n.a	28.0
10. Swaziland	0/75	multiple ^14/	No	None	...	15.1
11. Tanzania	0/30	4	Yes	80 ^4/	...	21.8
12. Uganda	0/15	2	No	80 ^6/	10.7 ^8/	9.2
13. Zambia	0/25	3	Yes	60	11.4 ^8/	13.6
14. Zimbabwe	0/100	17 ^12/	No	80 ^7/	...	24.0

Source: Data prepared by the Co-sponsors. * Shaded figures indicate objectives of Road Map have been met or exceeded. 1/ By October 1998. 2/ Decision made in principle, but not yet implemented (except imports from Mauritius). 3/ Other than a 5 percent preference from IOC member states. 4/ Implemented as of July 1998. 5/ In the form of trades tax. Tarriff bands were recently increased to more than nine. 6/ Uganda has had a 10 percent surcharge on selected imports. 7/ Except for a duty-free market access for trade between Mauritius and Zimbabwe. 8/ The trade-weighted average during 1997. 9/ Malawi has a surtax applied uniformly on both imports and domestic production. Manufacturers are entitled to a rebate on taxes paid on production inputs. 10/ The preference margin was to be at 90 percent by October 1997, and eliminated by October 1998. 11/ Excludes "other duties and charges." Data for the unweighted average is the most recent available. 12/ A 15 percent surcharge is applied to most imports. 13/ In 1997. 14/ Customs duties range from ad valorem (45 bands), specific, mixed to compound rates. The conversion of the non-ad valorem duties into ad valorem tariff rates would substantially increase the number of ad valorem bands.

Table 7. CBI Countries: Status of Tariff Exemptions (As of end-December 1998)

	Category of Exemptions
Country	Government	Parastatals	Investment Code or General Convention	Recognized NGOs	Goods for Foreign-Financed Projects	Other ^1/

Burundi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Comoros	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kenya	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Madagascar	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Malawi	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mauritius	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Namibia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seychelles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Swaziland	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tanzania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Uganda	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zambia	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Source: World Bank/IMF Staff Reports; and data provided by the authorities. 1/ Includes discretionary exemptions and waivers granted.

Table 8. CBI Countries: Summary of Import Nontariff Barriers (As of end-December 1998)

	Quantiative Restrictions (Imports) Bans Quotas		Restrictive Import Licensing Requirements For all For some products products		State Trading Monopolies	Discriminatory Rates of Excise Duty/VAT (etc.) on Certain Imports	Restrictions by Quality Standards	Restrictions for Health, Security, and Environment, etc. 1/	Other 2/

Burundi	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Comoros	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Kenya	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Madagascar	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Malawi	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Mauritius	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Namibia	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Rwanda	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Seychelles	No	Yes	Yes	C	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Swaziland	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Tanzania	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Uganda	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Zambia	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Zimbabwe	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

Source: World Bank/IMF Staff Reports; and data provided by the authorities. 1/ Includes national heritage. 2/ Includes countervailing duties, dumping, etc.

Table 9. CBI Countries: Status of Export Trade Regimes (As of end-December 1998)

Country	Quantitative Restrictions Bans Quotas		Licensing ^1/	Duties	Marketing Monopolies

1. Burundi	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
2. Comoros	No	No	No	Yes	No
3. Kenya	No	No	Yes	No	No
4. Madagascar	No	No	No	No	No
5. Malawi	No	No	No	No	No
6. Mauritius	No	No	No	No	No
7. Namibia	No	No ^2/	Yes ^3/	No	Yes
8. Rwanda	No	No	No	Yes	No
9. Seychelles	No	No	No	No	Yes
10. Swaziland	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
11. Tanzania	No	No	No	Yes	No
12. Uganda	No	No	No	No	No
13. Zambia	Yes	No	No	No	No
14. Zimbabwe	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Sources: World Bank/IMF Staff Reports and data provided by the authorities. 1/ Only for restrictive (and not for statistical) purposes. 2/ Excludes export quotas on diamonds. 3/ All exports, except to SACU member countries, require a licence. Within SACU textiles and meat and meat products require a licence.

Table 10. CBI Countries: Status of Trade Facilitation Measures (As of end-December 1998)

Country	Implement PTA harmonized transit charges	Introduce RCTD ^1/	Introduce single goods declaration document	Introduce bond guarantee scheme

Burundi	Done	Done	...	...
Comoros	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Kenya	Done	Done	Done	Under consideration
Madagascar	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Malawi	Done	Done	...	...
Mauritius	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Namibia	Not Done	Not Done	Done	Not Done
Rwanda	Done	Done	...	...
Seychelles	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Swaziland	Not Done	Not Done	Not Done	Under consideration
Tanzania	Done	Done	Done	Not Done
Uganda	Done	Done	Done	Not Done
Zambia	Done	Done	Done	...
Zimbabwe	Done	Done	Done	Not Done

Source: Data provided by the authorities. 1/ Road Customs Transit Document.

Table 11. CBI Countries: Aggregate Trade Restrictiveness Ratings, 1993—98

Country	1993/95	1998	Movement

Burundi	8	8	0
Comoros	8	8	0
Kenya	10	6	-4
Madagascar	8	3	-5
Malawi	8	3	-5
Mauritius	10	8	-2
Namibia	7	6	-1
Rwanda	8	4	-4
Seychelles	10	10	0
Swaziland	7	6	-1
Tanzania	9	7	-2
Uganda	6	2	-4
Zambia	7	2	-5
Zimbabwe	10	10	0
Average (CBI)	8.3	5.9	-2.4
Memorandum Items:
Non CBI Africa	...	5.1	...
Non CBI Africa, Program ^1/	7.9	6.2	-1.7
Africa	...	5.4	...
Rest of World	...	4.4	...
Developing Countries (excluding Africa)	...	4.5	...
Industrial Countries	...	4.0	...
Western Hemisphere	...	4.5	...
Middle East	...	5.5	...
Good Practice Countries ^2/	7.8	1.5	-6.3

Source: IMF staff estimates. 1/ Non-CBI African countries with programs during the period 1990-95. 2/ Chile, Colombia, New Zealand and Singapore, over the period 1984-98.

Table 12. Summary of Regional Groupings in Eastern and Southern Africa (As of end-December 1998)

SADC (14)	IOC (4)	COMESA (21)	SACU (5)	CBI (14)	EAC (3)

Angola		Angola
Botswana		--	Botswana
Congo, Dem.Rep.of		Congo, Dem.Rep.of
Lesotho			Lesotho
Malawi		Malawi		Malawi
Mauritius	Mauritius	Mauritius		Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia		Namibia	Namibia	Namibia
Seychelles	Seychelles	Seychelles		Seychelles
South Africa			South Africa
Swaziland		Swaziland	Swaziland	Swaziland
Tanzania		Tanzania		Tanzania	Tanzania
Zambia		Zambia		Zambia
Zimbabwe		Zimbabwe		Zimbabwe
		Burundi		Burundi
	Comoros	Comoros		Comoros
		Djibouti
		Egypt
		Ethiopia
		Eritrea
		Kenya		Kenya	Kenya
	Madagascar	Madagascar		Madagascar
		Rwanda		Rwanda
		Sudan
		Uganda		Uganda	Uganda

Source: Data provided by the co-sponsors.

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