Related Keywords: Botswana, Botswana eligible for AGOA, dominating almost all AGOA exports, fails to fully exploit opportunies, local businesses lagging behind to international trade, presented by AGOA, textiles benefited most, unilateral trade arrangement by U.S. for African countries
Botswana seems to be failing to fully exploit the opportunities presented by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) a unilateral trade arrangement by the U.S for African countries. Although Botswana has most of the factors that are required to be eligible for AGOA, local businesses are still lagging behind when it comes to international trade, particularly in exporting to the United States of America.
Botswana is empowered to export 6,500 products under AGOA, with textiles having benefited the most, dominating almost all AGOA exports.
