The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), enacted in 2000, allows 39 eligible African countries to export most products duty-free to the United States. The 39 African countries are: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.
Trade has proven to be a powerful engine of growth, and the theme of the 2013 AGOA Forum is Sustainable Transformation through Trade and Technology. Private sector and civil society programs will take place August 10-11, preceding the two-day ministerial in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 12-13.
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