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Uganda to be Removed from AGOA, Impacting Coffee, Cotton, and Textile Exports

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Published Nov 2, 2023, 09:07 PM

Uganda is set to be removed from the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a program that offers favorable trade terms with the United States. This move is expected to negatively impact Uganda's key export sectors, including coffee, cotton, and textiles. The country plans to hand over an exclusive petroleum supply deal to Vitol.

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Alexis Akwagyiram

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The imminent removal of Uganda from the AGOA program that offers favorable trade terms with the US is set to hurt the east African country's key export sectors of coffee, cotton, and textiles. - @gengetonedon reports for @SemaforAfrica

Semafor

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The imminent removal of Uganda from the AGOA program that offers favorable trade terms with the United States is set to hurt key export sectors.

Yinka Adegoke

@YinkaWrites

As the United States AGOA Forum kicked off today in Joburg, we speak to sources in Kampala, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, and Washington about on how Biden’s latest AGOA suspensions will hurt exporters via @SemaforAfrica

Uganda to be Removed from AGOA, Impacting Coffee, Cotton, and Textile Exports

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