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Trade Agreements

Status of Agreements Concluded by the Southern African Customs Union States

Updated 15 Dec 2018

Southern African Customs Union Agreement, 2002

Status: Entered into force on 15 July 2004.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
21 October 2002 
(s)
Lesotho
21 October 2002
(s)
Namibia
21 October 2002
(s)
South Africa
21 October 2002
(s)
Swaziland
21 October 2002
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
01 June 2004
Lesotho
24 March 2004
Namibia
27 March 2004
South Africa
15 June 2004
Swaziland
29 March 2004
Link to the Agreement

Amendments to the Southern African Customs Union Agreement, 2002, to institutionalise the SACU Summit, 2013

Status: Entered into force on 16 September 2016.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
12 April 2013
(s)
Lesotho
12 April 2013
(s)
Namibia
12 April 2013
(s)
South Africa
12 April 2013
(s)
Swaziland
12 April 2013
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
04 December 2013
Lesotho
08 October 2014
Namibia
28 July 2015
South Africa
17 August 2016
Swaziland
27 August 2013
Link to the Agreement

Annex E – Annex to the SACU Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance, 2011

Status: Entered into force on 08 March 2017.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
16 September 2011
(a)
Lesotho
16 September 2011
(a)
Namibia
16 September 2011
(a)
South Africa
16 September 2011
(a)
Swaziland
16 September 2011
(a)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
28 August 2012
Lesotho
11 December 2014
Namibia
06 February 2017
South Africa
23 September 2015
Swaziland
19 September 2016
Link to the Agreement

Free Trade Agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) States, 2006

Status: Entered into force on 01 May 2008.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
14 July 2006
(s)
Lesotho
07 August 2006
(s)
Namibia
14 July 2006
(s)
South Africa
01 July 2006
(s)
Swaziland
01 July 2006
(s)
Iceland
26 June 2006
(s)
Liechtenstein
26 June 2006
(s)
Norway
26 June 2006
(s)
Switzerland
01 July 2006
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
21 December 2006
Lesotho
25 September 2007
Namibia
21 November 2007
South Africa
14 May 2007
Swaziland
11 October 2007
Iceland
29 January 2007
Liechtenstein
02 May 2007
Norway
24 November 2006
Switzerland
25 April 2007
Linkt to the Agreement

Agricultural Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) States and Iceland, 2006

Status: Entered into force on 01 May 2008.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
14 July 2006
(s)
Lesotho
07 August 2006
(s)
Namibia
14 July 2006
(s)
South Africa
01 July 2006
(s)
Swaziland
01 July 2006
(s)
Iceland
26 June 2006
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
31 March 2008
Lesotho
11 March 2008
Namibia
21 November 2007
South Africa
14 May 2007
Swaziland
21 December 2007
Iceland
29 January 2007
Link to the Agreement

Agricultural Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) States and Norway, 2006

Status: Entered into force on 01 May 2008.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
14 July 2006
(s)
Lesotho
07 August 2006
(s)
Namibia
14 July 2006
(s)
South Africa
01 July 2006
(s)
Swaziland
01 July 2006
(s)
Norway
26 June 2006
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
31 March 2008
Lesotho
11 March 2008
Namibia
21 November 2007
South Africa
14 May 2007
Swaziland
21 December 2007
Norway
24 November 2006
Link to the Agreement

Agricultural Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) States and Switzerland, 2006

Status: Entered into force on 01 May 2008.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
14 July 2006
(s)
Lesotho
07 August 2006
(s)
Namibia
14 July 2006
(s)
South Africa
01 July 2006
(s)
Swaziland
01 July 2006
(s)
Switzerland
01 July 2006
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
31 March 2008
Lesotho
11 March 2008
Namibia
21 November 2007
South Africa
14 May 2007
Swaziland
21 December 2007
Switzerland
25 April 2007
Link to the Agreement

Preferential Trade Agreement between the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), 2009

Status: Entered into force on 01 April 2016.

Date of Signature(s) or Adoption (a)
Botswana
03 April 2009
(s)
Lesotho
03 April 2009
(s)
Namibia
03 April 2009
(s)
South Africa
03 April 2009
(s)
Swaziland
03 April 2009
(s)
Argentina
15 December 2008
(s)
Brazil
15 December 2008
(s)
Paraguay
15 December 2008
(s)
Uruguay
15 December 2008
(s)
Date of Ratification
Botswana
31 March 2010
Lesotho
20 February 2014
Namibia
09 March 2012
South Africa
11 January 2012
Swaziland
07 December 2012
Argentina
31 July 2013
Brazil
21 October 2015
Paraguay
27 June 2014
Uruguay
02 December 2015
Link to the Agreement
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